Gratitude with toddlers

Good manners and being considerate of others is something that I value highly and thus it is something that I want to instill in my children as being important.

The little H boy has developed a charming habit of saying "No Thanks" when he is asked questions sometimes.
It is actually pretty cute - for example - "Is it time to get out of the bath now H?" to a reply "No Thanks!".

I do wonder though how long it will last.

His Birthday Party on Sunday was an event that wouldn't have gone anywhere near as smoothly without the help and love of some of our family members and of course his (and our) friends who brought him some lovely gifts.

So yesterday I made him some colouring pages that we could turn into thank-you cards that he could send to all of his aunts and uncles and friends.

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We sat down yesterday afternoon with a brand new packet of *washable* felt tip pens and he scribbled away all over the colouring pages - I printed out as many as I needed plus a few more.

Being a 2 year old colouring is really just a mass of scribbles but that was kind of the look I was going for.

Then I cut out around each of the Thanks! messages leaving a small margin, and we glued these to a bought set of blank yellow cards.

 

I think that it is important for these cards to not look overly 'done' as they are supposed to be coming from a small child.

I hope that small practices like this which we can talk about and have fun with as he is growing up will help him to appreciate and value when other people do nice things for him.

If you decide to have a go yourself - I hope you have fun!

How do you show gratitude in your family?

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