Activities to Practice and Cultivate Gratitude in the Physical Education Setting

Abstract

Incorporating gratitude into the school day has the potential to help students achieve more satisfaction with relationships, life, and school. Grateful students are more willing to give back, exhibit optimism, have greater exercise ambition, and sleep better. While there has been much work done in adding gratitude practices into a classroom setting, there is a need to bring these practices into the physical education setting. This article presents seven gratitude activities for the physical education setting.

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Hillary M. Franks

Hillary M. Franks ([email protected]) is an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Human Development at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA.