Thank you lesson library
Plans for ages 4 to 9. Each one follows Alison Gilham’s Operation Thank You missions: a short practice, a spoken line, and a thank-you note.
Preschool through 4th grade- Daily and weekly formats
- English and Spanish
The manual is 98 pages. The first half is Monday through Friday for groups that meet daily. The second half is once a week for dens, Sunday school, clubs, and co-ops. Missions last 5 to 10 minutes. Children use the activity book Why and How To Say “Thank You,” and the group can look at the 30-card flashcard set before anyone writes.
Start with a grade if you know the age. Start with a practice situation if you need one concrete kindness. The guides below cover gratitude activities for kids, teaching thank you, writing notes with kid examples, worksheets, classroom missions, and sponsoring a class.
Practice situations
- The wiped lunch table
- The book held open
- The hand at the bus step
- The sleeve turned right-side out
- The water bowl filled
- The turn at the slide
- The bandage on a scraped knee
- The stop at the crosswalk
- The story on the porch
- The paint cups set out
- The mitten from the lost box
- The shared crackers
- The heavy door held open
- The watering can passed over
- The music stand turned around
- The seat saved for a new child
- The blocks back in the bins
- The letter in the mailbox
- The knotted shoe
- The greeting at the church door
- The truck handed over
- The ice pack from the office
- The umbrella at pickup
- The cupcake plate passed
Let's Grow a Culture of Thank You.
Whether you're a parent, teacher, organization, business, or individual looking to make a difference, there's a place for you in the Culture of Thank You.
Let's help the next generation learn to recognize kindness, appreciate others,
and say “Thank You” with meaning.