Appreciating your Family

As the rush of the winter season begins it is important to remember how much and what we appreciate about each other. This is a fun activity to do at home. Help your child to draw the trunk and the branches of a tree on a large sheet of paper. Display it on a door, a wall, the refrigerator, or a bulletin board. Keep post-it-notes or slips of paper and tape nearby. Tell everyone that this tree needs some leaves. Everyone can tape slips of paper to the tree to add leaves in the next week. Each leaf must have a message on it thanking someone in the family for something he or she did. Younger children could draw a picture and add a smiley face. It is important to recognize the little things that people do as well as the big things. Make sure everyone in the family(including pets) receives some messages about his or her positive behavior.