The Nest Curriculum for Healthy Childhoods is designed to cultivate students’ safety skills and connectedness. As a culminating exercise, lesson 8 reinforces and extends students’ connections to their communities. Gratitude has been shown to be connected to a plethora of positive outcomes; this lesson adds the tool of gratitude to students’ repertoire.
1. Consolidate major unit themes by connecting to community
2. Cultivate gratitude; a skill associated with mental health and well being
1. Have enough Post-It notes, letter writing supplies , and (optional) markers and stickers for all students.
2. Have the following links ready for viewing: