Classroom activities

Gratitude activities for Foundation to Year 2

Young children learn gratitude best through play, pictures and talking with others. Keep activities short, concrete and repeated often.

  1. Gratitude Garden. Students draw a flower and write or draw one thing they are thankful for on each petal. Add to the class garden each week.
  2. Thank you circle. Sitting in a circle, each child thanks the person next to them for something specific.
  3. Gratitude show and tell. Students bring or draw something they are grateful for and share why.
  4. Three good things. At pack-up time, the class names three good things that happened today.
  5. Thank you cards. Students make a card for someone who helps at school, such as the cleaner, librarian or crossing supervisor.

GWG HQ has ready-to-teach versions of activities like these for Foundation to Year 2, with lesson plans, posters and games, and an AI adapter to fit them to your class.

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