The Five Habits of Happiness – Start with Gratitude
How Growing With Gratitude is supporting schools across the world nurture happy, successful and authentic children.
1. An Attitude of Gratitude
Students are guided to regularly think about, discuss and record the things they are grateful for in their daily lives and environment.
2. Random Acts of Kindness
Students are guided to plan for and regularly complete small acts of kindness.
3. Positive Reflection
Students are guided to reflect on and record the things that they are grateful for and any positive experiences they have.
4. Wellbeing Warriors
Students choose to complete a minimum of 15 minutes of exercise, read five pages of a book, make healthy food choices, or complete a mindfulness activity or meditation each day.
5. Operation Home Service
Students are guided to plan ways they can regularly help out at home e.g. doing the dishes or cooking dinner.
It is an easy-to-implement way with simple, ready-made resources that teachers like you can implement immediately in the classroom and that are backed by powerful research. This program works and most daily activities are only 2-10mins long.
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