Teaching gratitude to children is an important skills for their emotional development. Here are 50 gratitude ideas for kids and their adults practice gratitude.
By using these prompts to enourage children to express appreciation for the people and things they have in their lives, gratitude can help them to develop a positive outlook and improve well-being. You can find my free gratitude printables in my Free Resource Library
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How to Explain Gratitude to Kids
You can explain gratitude to kids at the the feeling of being thankful and appreciative for the things we have in our lives. It’s important for kids to understand the importance of gratitude and how it can help them to focus on the positive aspects of their life, and also help them to feel happier and more content.
The Thankful Owls
The Thankful Wise Owl’s from the Woodlands of Woo are great for teaching kids about gratitude and I created a cute printable gratitude journal that includes lots of gratitude activities and a 21 day challenge based on the 8 owls. Take a peek here.
50 Gratitude Ideas for Kids
Find this list as a free printable, as well as a gratitude wordsearch and scavenger hunt in my Free Resource Library Here is the full list of 50 prompts for gratitude practice with kids:
- Someone that you love
- Someone who you call a friend
- Someone who has helped you
- Something that is special to you
- Something that makes you laugh
- Something that makes you feel calm
- Something that makes you feel loved
- Something that makes you feel excited
- Something that makes you feel brave
- Someone who has taught you something
- Someone who has been kind to you
- Someone who has made you laugh
- Somethings that tastes yummy
- Somethings that smells good
- Something that looks beautiful
- Unique things about you, that you appreciate
- Someone who inspires you
- Someone you are proud of
- Someone who is proud of you
- Something that is useful
- Something that makes you dance
- Something that makes you sing
- Someone who has talked to you
- Someone who has played with you
- Someone who has sat with you
- Something that you were given
- Something that you bought yourself
- Something that you are good at
- Somewhere peaceful
- Somewhere fun
- Somewhere special
- A favourite Holiday or event
- Something that you like about yourself
- Something you like about someone else
- Something you are skilled at
- Somewhere you’ve been on once
- Somewhere that go every week
- Somewhere you learn something
- Something that you like about your body
- Something that you like about your mind
- Something you appreciate about your life
- Something you have a lot of
- Something you like about summer
- Something you like about winter
- Something you like about spring
- Something you like about autumn
- Animals that you love
- Food that you like
- Games you love to play
- Your favourite movies
3 Creative and Fun Gratitude Activities to Play with your Gratitude Prompts
One fun way to teach kids about gratitude is through games. Here are some gratitude games that you can play with kids:
1 – Gratitude Jenga
Number all your Jenga blocks 1 – 54. Play Jenga as usual but when a block is selected, check the number on the gratitude ideas list and then answer the gratitude question. There are 54 blocks in Jenga so 51 – 54 can be the player choice.
2 – Gratitude Photo Scavenger Hunt
Use the Free Gratitude Prompts list of items for kids to use for ideas and challenge them to take pictures of things that they are grateful for. For example, they might take a picture of a flower or their favorite book.
This game encourages kids to appreciate the small things in their lives. After they could create a photo collage or gratitude scrapbook. I absoloutely love this Vtech camera, we gave it to our son when he was 3 and he still plays with it at 7.
3 – Gratitude Alphabet Game
Take turns naming something you are grateful for that starts with each letter of the alphabet. For example, “A is for apples, B is for books, C is for my cat”. This is a great game for the car!
I hope you find the ideas useful, prompts can be a great way to get the conversation flowing. These prompts would work really well at over family dinner or in the classroom.
The best way to teach kids about gratitude is by modeling it yourself. When you express gratitude for the things in your own life, your kids will see the positive impact it has on your mood and outlook. This will encourage them to develop their own sense of gratitude and appreciation.
With that in mind – Thank you very much for reading my blog, Take Care Emma x
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