Watch, Care, Respond
Gratitude is more than feeling thankful for something, it is more like a deeper appreciation for someone (or something,) which produces more long lasting positivity.
Curriculum Component (Grade K-5)
How to Teach Gratitude to Tweens and Teens
What Don’t We Know about Gratitude and Youth?
Three Activities to Help Students Deepen Their Gratitude
How to Stop the Culture of Complaining in Schools
Three Gratitude Lessons for K-8 Classrooms
How to Foster Gratitude in Schools
How Photography Can Help Cultivate Mindfulness and Gratitude
Gratitude Works Program (NASP’s effort to promote resilience, optimism, academic success)
31 Gratitude Exercises That Will Boost Your Happiness (+PDF)
The Gratitude Program for Kids
Growing with Gratitude
Curriculum: Thanks! A Strengths-Based Gratitude Curriculum for Tweens and Teens
Four Lessons to Help Students Understand the Meaning of Gratitude
Is Gratitude Good for Your Heath?
Nurturing Gratitude from the Inside Out: 30 Activities for Grades K-8
What are Teens Actually Thankfor for
Gratitude Letter for Students: Help Students Write a Letter of Thanks and Deliver it in Person
Three Gratitude Lessons for K-8 Classrooms
Two Gratitude Practices for Building Trust Among School Staff
Gratitude Activites for the Classroom
Zest is the degree of enthusiasm and energy with which a student approaches work.
Build Connections (curiosity)… helps students understand how interests relate to content in school
Tips for Helping Kids Adopt a Growth Mindset
How to Help Students Feel Powerful at School
How to Nurture Empathic Joy in Your Classroom
Seven Ways to Help High Schoolers Find Purpose
Can Schools Help Students Find Flow?
How Awe Can Help Students Develop Purpose
Five Tips for Teaching Advisory Classes at Your School
Meaningful Participation Resources
Service-Learning Curriculum Ideas
Optimism is the tendency to believe that good things are to come and to have positive outlook on the future
How to Prime your Mind for Optimism
How to Help Students Develop Hope
Can Positive Thinking Really Make Dreams Come True?
Rethinking Optimism: Fostering Confidence in Children..Easier than you Think
Back to School with Hope, Optimism, and, Maybe, Something More?
Aussie Optimism (primary and lower secondary schools)
The Hopeful Minds Program (ages 7-12 years)
Universal, Tier 1, wellness informs school-site care teams about its students' mental wellness... AND... very importantly, it provides information about ALL students' life satisfaction and emotional wellbeing... which, in turn, provides guidance about needed prevention and intervention services. This section offers information for school-site care coordination teams as they care for their children.