Monday November 2, 2009
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Today’s Activity
Make a Gratitude Jar. First find an empty mason jar (if you don’t have one an envelope or even an empty shoe box will work). Second, either draw and color a picture of something Thanksgivingy (a turkey or perhaps a cornucopia) or you could find a picture online and just print it out. Then cut out the picture and attach it to the jar. Finally cut out strips of paper that are thick enough to be written on. Each day at a convenient time for your family (we always did it at breakfast) have everyone say something they are grateful for and write it on a strip of paper and put it in the jar. On or around Thanksgiving take all of them out and read them again.
Note:
My friend, Brittney, posted this idea on her blog last year so I did it with my family and LOVED it. We are now making it a family tradition. It was so much fun to see what everyone was grateful for. It could be anything from, “I’m thankful for mommy and daddy” to “I’m thankful that we are having pancakes for breakfast today.” It was fun to see what the kids were thankful for and it was good for them to hear that mommy and daddy are grateful for them. I dated all of the strips of paper and kept them so that when the kids get older we can look back on what they were grateful for when they were young. Thanks Brittney for this GREAT idea!
Evaluate:
The kids and I are all sick with a cold today so this activity was a great one to do because it didn’t take too much energy. The kids loved taking a break from resting on the couch to trace their hands and color their turkeys. Here’s what we were thankful for today; Max: Having a house to live in. Elese: Dora the Explorer. Me: Daddy is coming home! (my husband has been in Mexico for work since late Wednesday night and I can’t wait for him to get home today!) What were you and your little ones thankful for today?
