Welcome to TLE’s Storytime, for some gratitude-themed fun!
Featured Story: The Grateful Book
There is so much to be grateful for.
~ by Angela Kohler
Craft Activity:
This gratitude jar is a fun, easy family activity. Add to the jar weekly, daily or monthly and have everyone to write down one thing each time they are thankful for.
Materials needed:
- jar
- ribbon or yarn
- markers
- gratitude cards or squares of paper
- scissors
- label for jar
Directions:
- Decorate a family gratitude jar
- Cut out squares of paper or use the gratitude template
- Write or draw what you are grateful for, people and things you love.
- Read/share as a family, and put in jar
- Revisit contents of jar once full
Using the gratitude jar and writing down what we are thankful for can happen around the family dinner table. Pass out small paper cards and some pens and ask everyone to write what they were most thankful for that given day, week or month. After reading the cards out loud, place them in the jar and watch the gratitude jar fill up. It can be fun to lay all the cards out and revisit each one as a family monthly.
Related Stories Online
In this autobiographical story, Little Trisha, overjoyed at the thought of learning how to read struggles when she finds that all the letters and numbers get jumbled up. Her classmates make matters worse by calling her “dummy.” Finally, in fifth grade, she is lucky enough to have a teacher who recognizes Trisha’s incredible artistic ability, understands her problem, and takes the time to lead her to the magic of reading.
Recipes
These heart-shaped shortbread cookies are light, buttery and topped with royal icing. They are perfect to make for gifts and you can also use lollipop sticks to make cookie pops with this recipe. ~ KidSpotKitchen
…these muffins taste amazing and look beautiful when arranged in a love heart. Decorate with pink icing and heart sprinkles! ~ KidSpotKitchen
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