• Taking another's perspective
• Describing skills
• Organizing a sentence
• Organizing a paragraph
• Fostering empathy

After seeing too many thank you notes that are too short, too vague and too impersonal, we decided to create any easy to follow pattern for showing gratitude.

This downloadable set of How To Say Thank You templates uses pictoral icons to help kids remember just what to include in a thoughtful "thank you!"

For example, kids will learn to:

• Start with a greeting
• Say "thanks for the (specifc item)" -- not just "the gift"
• Describe 2 things they like about the gift
• Describe how they will use it, or where they'll put it
• Give a compliment
• ...and end with a closing!

There's a separate template for thanking someone for their time. For this, students will learn to think about:

• How the person changed their experience for the better
• How the person's gift of time made them feel

Writing thank you notes is more than an exercise in writing! It's also learning to have empathy, taking perspective, and being kind.

KEY BENEFITS 

Helps Build Social Skills

Everyone likes to feel acknowledged and appreciated. Taking the time to write a thank you note (email or written) - demonstrates empathy and perspective taking.

Helps Build Expressive Language

In describing what you like about a gift, you have to think about it's key features: its color, the way it feels, its parts, how you'll use it.

Great for Sentence and Paragraph Organization

The icons make it easy to remember how to organize a "thank you" paragraph. The sentence stems make it easy to scaffold how to organize a sentence.

Versatile Application

Ideal for therapy rooms, classrooms, social groups, summer camps, and more! Empower students of all ages to show gratitude and empathy with confidence.

Therapist-Designed

Developed by therapists and moms with years of expertise in communication and social languge development.

CONTENTS: This is a digital download of 13 pages of material. We recommend printing in color on cardstock and laminating.

Therapists, parents, teachers, and anyone who works with kids and teens to improve their social communication, language, or literacy skills.