Gratitude

Simple acts of gratitude are healthy for the giver and the receiver.  Gratitude – like your daily exercise, relaxation, and good nutrition – needs to be practiced on a regular basis.  Consistency brings health and wellness.  Showing appreciation, creating a gratitude list, keeping a journal, and writing letters of thankfulness all have positive effects.  They also help others “pay it forward.”

There is no small gratitude.  Simple thank you’s for someone listening to you, preparing a meal, taking out the trash, cleaning up after ourselves, help with bags of groceries or books… all acts of gratitude are beneficial.

In our schools, we can model gratitude for our students by thanking them kindly for focusing their attention, following the rules, keeping each other physically and emotionally safe, being kind, including others in activities, helping with homework, and being quiet when needed. 

Gratitude will help our students repeat the positive behavior. 

Repeated positive behaviors, like gratitude, benefit everyone.