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THANKFUL: Feeling or expressing
gratitude
Vs. Ungrateful
- SUGGESTED READING:
My Dad is Really Something
The Whipping Boy
Where the Red Fern Grows
Thanks
- SONGS:
Thankful Heart
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
- Parents can talk to their children about the importance of always
saying thank you and being grateful for all they have.
- Take time to tell your children how thankful you are that they are
such an important part of your life.
- As a family, discuss the things you are thankful for.
- Thank your children for something kind they have done for you
recently.
CLASS ACTIVITY:
- Teachers can have their students write thank you notes to parents
or other members of the community who have donated their time or
other resources to the school.
HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:
- At a school assembly publicly thank the school's support staff.
They do so much work behind the scenes to keep the school
functioning.
- Abraham Lincoln decreed Thanksgiving during the Civil War. What do
we, as a country, have to be thankful for?
"I've learned that although it's hard to admit, I'm secretly
thankful my parents are strict with me." -From Live and Learn
and Pass It On by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
"There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good
turn, as in doing it." -Seneca
"Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none
have a right to expect." -Jean Jacques Rousseau
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the
parent of all others." -Cicero
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