HomeTalk thoughtful conversations for families and schools - Dialogue Works
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
HomeTalk
thoughtful conversations for families and schools
Issue 34 – Gratitude
compiled by Ellie Crisp www.dialogueworks.co.uk
Photo by Annette Meyer from Pixabay
Note to parents/carers and teachers
This pack contains links to external websites. Whilst we take every care to make sure these are
To get HomeTalk emailed every week
suitable, you may want to check the content before showing them to children. message bobhouse@dialogueworks.co.uk
This week’s focus is gratitude
Stormy or sunny days,
glorious or lonely
But remember, boy, nights, I maintain an
that a kind act can attitude of gratitude.
sometimes be as
powerful as a sword.
Rick Riordan
author Maya Angelou
writer & activist
Gratitude is not only
the greatest of
The roots of all
virtues, but the parent
goodness lie in the
of all the others.
soil of appreciation
for goodness.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Rick Riordan photo from Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Maya Angelou photo from Clinton Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Roman scholar Tenzin Gyatso
Cicero photo by Glauco92, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Dalai Lama photo by Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
14th Dalai Lama
Quotes from https://www.goalcast.com , https://www.brainyquote.com/ , https://www.azquotes.com
DialogueWorks Ltd © 2021 2
Thinking about gratitude
Caring thinking Collaborative thinking
Does being grateful for the Can you think of any
things people help us with, make organisations that help us to look
them feel good? after things we are grateful for?
Creative thinking Critical thinking
How many different ways can
What kind of things can showing
you think of to say thank you or
gratitude lead to?
show you are grateful?
DialogueWorks Ltd © 2021 3
When was the last time you
offered to help someone?
What can you do to How do you feel
show your gratitude when someone says
to others? thank you?
Think AHEAD Think BACK CONNECT
What will you
be grateful for
DIVIDE LISTEN/LOOK ZOOM (in/out) next week /
What is the
next month /
opposite of
gratitude? next year?
Do you sometimes go so
fast to hear or see things What are you
that you may miss them? grateful for
today?
DialogueWorks Ltd © 2021 4
Discussion suggestions (age 3 - 5)
Stimulus Talking Points
Did the baby say thank you?
Can you think of any ways the baby could show
that it was happy about all the treats?
Activity
Gratitude Jar: https://youtu.be/OmWmzpjZCn0
(10 second clip)
Make your own gratitude jar. Re-use a container
and write or draw things you are grateful for in
Story time! your life.
https://youtu.be/qkaJqJQdZv0
DialogueWorks Ltd © 2021 5
Discussion suggestions (age 6 - 9)
Stimulus Talking Points
Think together with family or friends and
compare your responses:
o Today I am thankful for ………... (person)
o Today I am thankful for my ………... (thing)
o Today I am thankful for the ……….. (place)
o Today I am thankful for …….. (feeling)
Activities
Make a gratitude tree
https://vimeo.com/135308696 https://www.firefliesandmudpies.com/gratitude-tree/
Make a gratitude dice
Gratitude Revealed https://familyedventures.com/wp-
content/uploads/2019/11/gratitude-dice-1.pdf
Try a short guided meditation
from MOVING ART by Louie Schwartzberg https://youtu.be/64QzBuhsyuk
DialogueWorks Ltd © 2021 6
Discussion suggestions (age 10+)
Stimulus Talking Points
o What does science tell us about gratitude?
o Can gratitude affect our health and
wellbeing?
o What might happen if everyone practised
gratitude more often? What things might
change in the world?
Activity
Try some mindful breathing
o Sit comfortably and as you are breathing, think
about the breath going into your lungs and then
https://youtu.be/_sokh9e2WGc think about the breath leaving your body.
Concentrate where you feel your breath in your
The Amazing Effects of o
body and place your hand there.
Gratitude o Try to count ten breaths in and ten breaths out.
Notice how you feel afterwards.
DialogueWorks Ltd © 2021 7
Further activities and reading
Find out more about Gratitude with Character Labs Gratitude and Compassion in the Classroom
https://characterlab.org/playbooks/gratitude/ teacher handbooks
https://www.jubileecentre.ac.uk/1741/character-
education/teacher-resources/gratitude-and-compassion
DialogueWorks Ltd © 2021 8
Þ More about HomeTalk, including previous editions
Þ Parent Talk Moves – tips for great conversations with your children
To get HomeTalk emailed every week
message bobhouse@dialogueworks.co.uk
@dialoguewks
#P4C and #thinkingmoves
@dialoguewks
#P4C and #thinkingmoves
DialogueWorks Ltd © 2021 9
Training opportunities for teachers, support staff and parents
Our next P4C Plus course Our next Thinking Moves course
P4C Plus Foundation Thinking Moves A – Z Foundation
online training online training
o Seven 90-minute sessions, 15:30 – 17:00 o Three 2-hour sessions, 15:30 – 17:30
o Thursdays February 18th, 25th, March o Tuesdays March 9th, 16th and 23rd
4th, 11th and 18th, April 22nd and 29th
o £125 per person, or £200 for two people
o £175 per person, or £250 for two people
Course brochure
Course brochure
Bookings: enquiries@dialogueworks.co.uk
Bookings: enquiries@dialogueworks.co.uk
DialogueWorks Ltd © 2021 10You can also read
