A thank-you card

Ages 3 to 5 Read and do together · about 15 minutes

Read together

Who helped you this week? Let us say thank you.

We can make a card to show it.

Do it

1. Choose someone to thank: a grandparent, a teacher, a neighbour.
2. Fold a sheet of paper in half to make a card.
3. Draw a picture on the front. Inside, write “Thank you” (a grown-up can write the words and your child can copy, trace or decorate).
4. Give it in person or send it. Say what you are thankful for.

Talk about it

• Who will you thank?
• What are you thankful for?

For the grown-up

Writing for a real person gives writing a purpose. Thank-you cards also teach gratitude. Let your child copy a word or make marks, because early writing begins as drawing.

Mark as done

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