Weekly Update
November 22, 2024
Gratitude
We will focus on gratitude this week. Gratitude is choosing to appreciate the people and things in your lives.
Review Gratitude as a family. Remember that Gratitude is choosing to appreciate the people and things in our lives.
- Find a place in your home to display a glass jar.
- Cut up small slips of paper and place them next to the jar.
- Use the jar to collect special people, places, events, and memories that your family is thankful for.
- Find a time each day to add slips of gratitude to the jar and assist your kids in writing or drawing gratitude as needed.
- Having a gloomy day or a challenging time as a family? Pull out the slips of gratitude and read them aloud together as a reminder of your grateful moments.
We shared the video below in our focus on character. However, it is worth sharing again. In this video, an orphan from Sierra Leone shares about gratitude. His message of finding something to be grateful for is a strong message for this week of Thanksgiving. The Hartman family then shares a 10 penny challenge idea. Please consider giving this a try over the Thanksgiving break. At the end of the day, you will definitely have more than just 10 pennies.
