A ready-to-print gratitude calendar gives children a small, manageable reflection task for each day of June. The one-page activity sheet includes 30 prompts, each in its own dated box, with colourful animal illustrations that make it feel approachable for kids, younger teenagers and children who may find blank journalling pages too open-ended.
The prompts focus on everyday positives and protective relationships, including a person who makes you feel safe, someone who listens, a friend who understands, a teacher or adult who supports you, and someone who makes hard days easier. It also encourages children to notice enjoyable experiences, such as something funny that happened recently, a song that lifts their mood, a toy or game they enjoy, and their favourite thing about weekends or holidays.
Several ideas link gratitude with emotional wellbeing, confidence and resilience. Children are invited to think about a time they felt brave, a choice they are glad they made, a goal or dream they feel excited about, a skill they are proud of learning, and something about themselves they are thankful for. These prompts could support social work direct work, counselling sessions, nurture groups, classroom wellbeing activities, pastoral support, or home conversations with parents and carers.
The worksheet can be used as a daily gratitude challenge, a June kindness and wellbeing calendar, a printable gratitude journal alternative, or a short check-in activity at the start or end of the day. Practitioners may also use selected boxes in one-to-one sessions with children who need help identifying strengths, safe adults, calming strategies, sensory positives and supportive memories.
Likely to be most useful for primary-aged children, pre-teens and some younger secondary pupils, the prompts are simple enough for independent writing, drawing, discussion or verbal reflection. The author named on the file is Edita Stiborova.
