Leading a Thankful Revolution
Thank You notes to Donors of WalkKits A few years ago @coolcatteacher Vicki Davis, published a blog post titled, Why Teachers Should Help Lead a Thankful Revolution . Basically it was about helping children 'build thankfulness as a habit.' This idea reminds me of Angela Maeirs' " You Matter " campaign. Both of these inspired me to start a "Thankful Revolution" with my students. But for some reason, it never really expanded beyond what I was already doing in my classroom. My students still carry on the tradition of sending hand-written thank you's to veterans for Veteran's Day and again during the Holidays. The students have also mailed a note of thanks to a family member during Thanksgiving and then for gift during the the holidays. Again, these are not new to to our class repertoire (and you can read about previous posts here: Veterans Thank Yous and Thank Yous with a Twist . ) We have expanded writing Thank Yous to donors who provide d...