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Are You Grateful Today? by Kris Yankee

11/26/2015

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Today's #TakingCareThurs featured book, Are You Grateful Today? is book #5 in the Becoming a Better You! series by Michigan author, Kris Yankee (@KrisYankee). With today being Thanksgiving, it seemed like the perfect "taking care of ourselves" character trait to focus on!  When I talk to kids about being grateful, I often interchange the word "thankful" because they truly do understand what it means to be thankful. Kids are taught from an early age to say "please" and "thank-you," but gratitude goes beyond just thanking someone for something we have received. This book does a great job of pushing kids to think beyond just staying "thank-you" and to truly embrace the gratitude attitude!  

Gratitude means appreciating yourself and others, noticing and being grateful for our food, clothes, and homes; appreciating our teachers and being thankful for all we learn; looking deep inside and thinking about what are talents are and being thankful for them; loving our strong bodies and our hair, face, etc.; and appreciating the rewards we get when we work hard to attain a goal.​ Kris Yankee does a great job of helping students understand what it means to be grateful with all of these examples and more. 

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At the end of the book, she includes reflections and tips for creating grateful kids. You can read more about her books by following High 5 for Character (@Hi5forCharacter) on Twitter or by visiting the High 5 for Character website. 
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