{"id":23364,"date":"2013-11-18T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/?p=23364"},"modified":"2015-03-30T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T01:31:08","slug":"gratitude-journals-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/gratitude-journals-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude Journals for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

By contributing writer\u00a0Colleen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

November is here, the holiday season is in full swing, and my kids’ attentions have turned toward Christmas. With ads, catalogs, and commercials touting all the latest and greatest items kids need, it’s increasingly difficult to turn their focus to the things they already have.<\/p>\n

And it’s next to impossible to get them to express gratitude for those things already filling their shelves and closets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Gratitude<\/p>\n

One of the best ways to help kids get over that gimme mentality is to help them turn their focus to gratitude. Being thankful for the things with which they’ve been blessed is a fabulous antidote to the wants.<\/p>\n

You can start by simply encouraging them to tell you five things about the day for which they are thankful.<\/strong> You can do the same. And, if it’s tough for them to come up with things at first, help them out by offering suggestions:<\/p>\n