Appreciate the effort

At a glance

• For: Kids 4–11
• Theme: Gratitude
• Practised over five meals

The mission

• Ages 4–6: Effort detective: find what took the most work in the meal.
• Ages 7–11: Say what took effort (cooking, shopping, setting up) and thank for it.
• Example sentence: "Peeling all those potatoes must have been long!"

Why it helps at the dinner table

Saying thank you for the meal, for help or for a good moment is easier to learn when it is noticed and celebrated rather than demanded.

How Kalmdix helps

Kalmdix announces the mission as a playful quest at the start of the meal, then lets the children talk about whatever they like. It works on one habit over five meals; on the fifth, the mission is a secret. Kalmdix never says who did or didn't do it: the results appear after the meal.

• Try it with Kalmdix

More in Gratitude

• Offer to help cook
• Thank the cook
• Happy-thing round
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