To help our children reflect on God's abundant blessings to them, the days leading up to Thanksgiving we pull one "Thanksgiving Jump Starter" out of our pumpkin bowl and each family member completes the sentence. We've found this method to be much more effective than "Say one thing your thankful for" each day because in our house it ended up being mostly toys, foods, and (at the end) complaints that they can't think of anything else. We wanted our children to catch a broader scope of all that we have to be thankful for so we used this method last year, and it was the best year ever in reflecting on God's many blessings. Please, feel free to use them in your homes this November too (you'll just obviously need to change the sibling names). :)
- I’m thankful for ____ in our beautiful world because …
- I’m thankful for the Bible because …
- I’m thankful for my church because …
- I’m thankful for my home because ….
- I’m thankful for homeschooling because …
- I’m thankful for Daddy because …
- I’m thankful for Mommy because ….
- I’m thankful for Christian because …
- I’m thankful for Abbie because …
- I’m thankful for Isaac because …
- I’m thankful for Hannah because …
- I’m thankful for Jesus because …
- I’m thankful for the country we live in because …
- I’m thankful for my favorite toy, ____, because …
- I’m thankful for my friends, ____, because …
- I’m thankful for my eyes so I can see …
- I’m thankful for my nose so I can smell …
- I’m thankful for my ears so I can hear …
- I’m thankful for my hands so I can touch …
- I’m thankful for my mouth so I can taste …
- I’m thankful for hard times because …
- I’m thankful for technology because …
- I’m thankful for books so I can read …