In this video you will find playful activities to encourage children to practice gratitude. It also includes some information about research that has shown the benefits of practicing gratitude, including how this impacts joyfulness in people’s lives. At the end, you will find a short video clip demonstrating one of the activities.

Resources and printables for “The Thanksgiving Game”:
1. “The Thanksgiving Game” instructions: [ Ссылка ]
2. This is “The Thanksgiving Board game” printable: [ Ссылка ]
3. This is “The Thanksgiving Game” game cards printable: [ Ссылка ]

Optional Materials for “The Thanksgiving Game”:
1. These are the charms that I got for “The Thanksgiving Game” (you can use game chips from games that you already own or even cereal like Cheerios): [ Ссылка ]
2. Game chips (not appropriate if there are babies or very young children around): [ Ссылка ]
3. This is a plush turkey if you want to buy one for the game: [ Ссылка ]
4. Paper cups to place the charms or chips (if you don’t want these, plates or even the surface where you are playing would do): [ Ссылка ]
5. Foam dice (you can use regular dice from another game that you have): [ Ссылка ]
6. Game pawns (you can use pawns from a game that you already have, or even toys that you have): [ Ссылка ]

Printables for the “Gratitude Wheel”:
1. This is the “Gratitude Wheel” for young children:[ Ссылка ]
2. This is the “Gratitude Wheel” guide for older children and teens- You use this wheel to help the children and teens think about what to include in their own gratitude art wheel project: [ Ссылка ]
3. This is the blank “Gratitude Wheel” template that you can give to older children and teens so that they can create their art project: [ Ссылка ]

Articles/chapters/books where you can find research about the benefits of practicing gratitude:
1. “The Gifts of Imperfection”, book by Brené Brown (2010): [ Ссылка ]
Chapter 16: How Gratitude Enhances Well-being: What we Know, What we need to know, in 2. “Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward” (2011): [ Ссылка ]
3. Gratitude and Wellbeing: The benefits of appreciation (Sansone & Sansone, 2010: [ Ссылка ]

Other Resources:
1. 30 Day Gratitude Challenge for Kids and Families (Meehan, 2021) - I took some of the questions for “The Thanksgiving Game” from these resources: [ Ссылка ]
2. 12 crafty Thanksgiving activities for kids: [ Ссылка ]
3. “The Magic”, book by Rhonda Byrne (2012) - This book talks about many ways to practice gratitude as an adult and it is where I got “The Magic Rock” activity idea from: [ Ссылка ]
4. Other Gratitude Wheel art ideas: [ Ссылка ]

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