🍁 Week 3: Practicing Gratitude Through Acts of Kindness
At AMC, our November value — Gratitude for Our World — teaches children that gratitude isn’t only about noticing the good around us… it’s also about sharing that goodness with others.
This week, we explore how acts of kindness help children understand gratitude in action — recognizing that their small hands can make a big difference. 🤗💛
🍁 Gratitude Through Acts of Kindness
At AMC, we focus on teaching children the value of kindness and care. During Week 3 of our November theme, we highlight Gratitude Through Acts of Kindness. This idea helps children understand that gratitude grows stronger when we share it with others. Because of this, we give children many chances to practice simple acts of giving.
🌿 How Acts of Kindness Teach Children to Give Back
Kindness helps children see how their actions affect others. When they help someone, they notice how it creates warmth and connection. As a result, they learn that gratitude is not only something we feel. It is also something we show through small choices each day. In addition, acts of kindness help children build empathy, patience, and confidence.
🧡Acts of Kindness in Action: Kids Helping at AMC Rogers
This week, the children at AMC Rogers experienced gratitude in a very real way. They helped pack boxes of food for our community food drive, and each step encouraged teamwork, empathy, and awareness.
During the project, children:
🍎 Selected items with care
📦 Placed food gently into boxes
💬 Talked about the families who would receive the items
❤️ Added kindness and enthusiasm to every task
Because the activity was hands-on, children could directly see how their efforts helped others. Throughout the process, they asked thoughtful questions, shared ideas, and talked about why helping matters. Ultimately, this simple project showed them that kindness truly makes a difference.
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ok to Read Together: I Am Thankful by Sheri Wall
A wonderful way to extend gratitude at home is through stories. One book we love for this theme is I Am Thankful: A Thanksgiving Book for Kids by Sheri Wall. The story follows several families as they celebrate gratitude through traditions, kindness, and giving back. Because the book is written in rhyme and features warm, inclusive illustrations, young children quickly connect to its message.
In addition, the book includes simple activities at the end, offering families easy ways to practice thankfulness together.
You can find it here:
🌱 Practicing Gratitude at Home
If you’d like to continue this learning, you can ask your child simple reflection questions after reading or helping others. For example:
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“How did it feel to help someone today?”
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“What is one thing you felt thankful for?”
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“Who is someone we could help this week?”
Questions like these encourage children to make connections between gratitude and action. Furthermore, they help little ones understand that kindness is something we can choose every day.
🌻 Why Gratitude Matters for Children
Gratitude strengthens empathy, builds confidence, and nurtures emotional growth. When children participate in acts of kindness, they learn that they have the ability to make the world better. Through these experiences, gratitude becomes more than a word — it becomes part of who they are.
At AMC, we believe that practicing Gratitude Through Acts of Kindness helps children grow into thoughtful, caring, community-minded individuals. As we continue our November value, we look forward to more opportunities to help children notice, appreciate, and share the good around them.