The November 1998 "Friend" magazine has a wonderful Sharing Time discussion and activity, along with a visual aid, on the subject of gratitude.

I use this every year for Thanksgiving. You could make a cute skit or use with any lesson.

If you don’t mind competition in your classroom, then read on. This was given to me by my CES Supervisor a few years back and it seems to be fun.

On the last day of class before the holidays, I am going to have a gratitude breakfast.

Sit around a “campfire” and have a Thankful camping experience with your class.

It used to be a tradition in our building to hold Turkey Bowl scripture mastery competition between the 4 classes. The game we used has nothing to do with Thanksgiving so it can be used any time of the year, whenever you’d like to have all the kids get together.

A fun way to review with your students

Thanksgiving is such a wonderful–and occasionally overlooked — time of year! Perhaps you might enjoy the gratitude idea that I will be using with my class during the weeks preceding Thanksgiving.

Lesson ideas about expressing gratitude

Have your students give thanks as they sit around a "fire".

Please enjoy these fun Thanksgiving coloring pages and puzzle designed by Daryl Colson.