PRINTABLE THANKSGIVING ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS | FUN GRATITUDE GAME | GIVING TH

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If you are looking for a meaningful printable Thanksgiving activity for kids this year, then grab this fun gratitude game which teaches children to develop an attitude of gratitude and being thankful and giving thanks from a very early age!

WHY DO YOU NEED THIS GAME FOR YOUR KIDS?

The upcoming holidays are the perfect time to teach young children a very important life lesson about gratitude that will last well past the season.

Gratitude is a high-level concept that can be tricky for young children who are naturally self-focused in their early ages and stages of development. But as children grow with gratitude, they become more understanding of the needs and feelings of others.

Research shows that thankful people are usually more optimistic and less stressed. So, when we teach our children to appreciate what they have, and what others do for them, we are helping them become happier, healthier adults.

TIPS FOR TEACHING GRATITUDE WITH THIS GAME

· Teach them to say thank you to the people who do things for them.

· Teach them to appreciate and be thankful for simple things around them like the clean water they have access to or fresh food that they eat.

· Ask your students to express why they are grateful for them.

· Talk about the things you are grateful for. 

· Be consistent. Like all skills, gratitude is not learned in one lesson. Play this game several times in the year.

MY PRODUCT INCLUDES

· 24 game cards (in color) – pdf files

HOW TO PREP:

· All cards have been printed on a single page and you may print on white cardstock.

· Laminate for durability.

· Trim the corners of all the cards, making sure the corners are rounded.

HOW TO PLAY:

· Hand each student one card. If there are extra cards, select students to have more than one card.

· Randomly pick any student to start by prompting them to read their card. All students must be listening to see if they have the ‘WHO HAS’.

· The game continues until each student has read their card(s).

I would love to see my resources in action in your classrooms, if you use one and would like to send me an image of it, you can send it to me at arithmancy.ff@gmail.com.

For more kindergarten and grade 1 math activities click HERE.

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