Happiness jar

Children write or draw small things that make them happy and collect them in a class jar.

Steps

1. Chat: what happiness is and whether small things can bring it.
2. Children draw or write on slips of paper something that made them happy recently.
3. Roll the slips up and drop them into a big jar.
4. Add new slips every day for a week.
5. On Friday, draw out a few and read them aloud.

Tip: Open the jar on tougher days to remember the good moments.

Materials needed

• Large glass jar (1 per group)
• Coloured notepaper (1 pack)