{"id":319,"date":"2020-05-26T07:21:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T14:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/clinton-library\/?p=319"},"modified":"2020-05-26T07:21:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T14:21:10","slug":"gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/clinton-library\/2020\/05\/26\/gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning!<\/p>\n<p>I have added a new read aloud to the Read Aloud page! It is a book called\u00a0<strong>Last Stop on Market Street.\u00a0<\/strong>I hope you enjoy the story of CJ and his Nana and the ability of CJ&#8217;s Nana to express gratitude and have a positive mindset.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the story, CJ is wondering why they have to go to the soup kitchen and why they don&#8217;t have a car like others. As the story goes on, CJ becomes aware of and thankful for the good things that are happening in his life; instead of thinking about what he doesn&#8217;t have, he appreciates what he does have. Gratitude is a skill and we can all learn to look at life in a positive way.<\/p>\n<p>The video below may help you further understand what it means to be grateful&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T5Umo80x9og\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s even science that says we are happier when we express gratitude. Watch the gratitude experiment below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tAQ9voRoNqw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are some ideas to get started running your own experiment at home&#8230;starting today!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start simple by just using your manners and saying please and thank you!<\/li>\n<li>Keep a gratitude journal, list or fill up a jar with everything you&#8217;re grateful for&#8230;or even just tell someone at the end of the day.<\/li>\n<li>Share things you appreciate about another person.<\/li>\n<li>Write a letter to someone who has touched your life in a positive way. Everyone loves getting real mail!<\/li>\n<li>Try to reword your complaint into something you appreciate instead and try to find the positive in a frustrating situation.<\/li>\n<li>Take a gratitude walk and look for the simple pleasures&#8230;the warmth of the sun, the beautiful flowers and blossoms, the pleasure you take in the person you&#8217;re walking with&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And this one here is a secret..hopefully your teachers didn&#8217;t read this far! Take the time to thank your teachers and let them know what you appreciate the most from them. \u2665<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one final reminder of gratitude in the times we find ourselves in now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QRRnoCHC8vg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I am so grateful for all of you&#8230;keep seeing the positive and share that positive with others!<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. H. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning! I have added a new read aloud to the Read Aloud page! It is a book called\u00a0Last Stop on Market Street.\u00a0I hope you enjoy the story of CJ and his Nana and the ability of CJ&#8217;s Nana to express gratitude and have a positive mindset. 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