Custom JournalGratitude Journal for Kids
A bedtime gratitude journal a child can answer out loud while a parent types: a thank you, a favorite moment, a kind thing, and a smiley rating.
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About this template
Children take to gratitude faster than adults, as long as the questions are concrete. This template avoids the word “grateful” entirely and asks instead what was the best part of today, who was kind, and what the child is thankful for. A parent can read the prompts aloud at bedtime and type the answers, which for younger children becomes a ritual they ask for, and for older ones a journal they take over themselves.
The multiple-choice mood question gives a child a way to name a feeling without having to explain it, and the five-star “how was today” rating is something even a four-year-old can answer. Over a school year the entries turn into a record of small things that would otherwise be forgotten: the friend, the lost tooth, the day the class hamster escaped.
How to use it
- Do it at the same point in the bedtime routine every night, after the story is a natural spot.
- Let the child answer in their own words and type exactly what they say.
- If they are stuck on the thank-you prompt, ask who helped them today.
- Reread old entries together on a rough evening. It works better than any pep talk.
What’s inside
1 multiple choice · 4 prompts · 1 rating. Every prompt is editable once it is in the app.
- Today was…
- How do I feel tonight? multiple choice
- The best part of today was
- Someone who was kind to me today
- Something kind I did
- Thank you for
- How was today? rating