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Hi, I’m Sharlene!

A mother of 5 boys, grandmother of 12, and author of Good Music Brighter Children. I started the blog, “good parenting brighter children” to share my 40+ years of experience swimming in the delightful (and sometimes shark infested) waters of parenthood. It’s been quite the experience and one I want to share.

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🧡💛HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 🍁🍂Have a wonder

🧡💛HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 🍁🍂Have a wonderful day celebrating with family & friends HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Have a wonderful day celebrating with family & friends HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Have a wonderful day celebrating with family & friends #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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❤️MAKE IT A PRACTICE TO WRITE NOTES OF GRATITU

❤️MAKE IT A PRACTICE TO WRITE NOTES OF GRATITUDE ALL YEAR LONG! 💙I’ve been writing notes of gratitude to people my whole life. 💚Many years ago, I read a couple of books that made me change my mind about how often I should write notes of gratitude. “💜A Simple Act of Gratitude” by John Kralik and “thanks” by Robert Emmons—both excellent books to help you understand the life-changing experience of showing and expressing gratitude to others. 🧡Some people write gratitude notes every day. I don’t do it that often, but I do write at least 2 gratitude notes to people every week. 💛Just try it—you just might get hooked because it will change your life! ❤️Details: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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❤️WRITE NOTES OF GRATITUDE USING YOUR CHILD’

❤️WRITE NOTES OF GRATITUDE USING YOUR CHILD’S ARTWORK OR POETRY 💚I love my children’s art and poetry! If you feel the same way, here’s a way to immortalize all those wonderful creative scribbles! 💙When writing notes of gratitude to your children—create a card from their artwork. 💛I take their artwork, scan it onto the computer and create personal notecards with their artwork or poetry, etc. 💜Our sons LOVE getting notecards with their artwork—a great way to preserve memories and express gratitude! Try it—you won’t stop! ❤️Details: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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❤️GRATITUDE GAMES FOR THANKSGIVING: WRITE NOTE

❤️GRATITUDE GAMES FOR THANKSGIVING: WRITE NOTES OF GRATITUDE ON YOUR BACKS 💚This is the most popular game we have played on Thanksgiving throughout the years! My friend, #cindywood told me about this 20 years ago—and it’s a family favorite! 💙Take a piece of cardstock paper. Create a title at the top: “I Am Grateful to You Because…” Punch 2 holes and string ribbon through the holes so each person can put the paper over their heads; hang them from their necks and flip them to their back. 💜Throughout your Thanksgiving festivities, have everyone write notes of gratitude to each person at your celebration. 🧡The only blip—no one wants to stop! Once you get going with this—the gratitude becomes contagious and everyone wants to keep writing their gratitude to everyone! ❤️This is a winning activity! 💚Details: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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❤️GRATITUDE GAMES FOR THANKSGIVING: GRATITUDE

❤️GRATITUDE GAMES FOR THANKSGIVING: GRATITUDE AROUND THE TABLE 💚All the ideas this week focus on helping your family HOW TO PRACTICE GRATITUDE IN AN ENTITLED WORLD!
💙This is the perfect game to do about 2 hours before you eat Thanksgiving dinner. 💜Cover a cardboard table with brown utility paper. Supply crayons, pens, markers, and stationery for each person to write or draw their gratitude right on the utility paper. 🧡Think about a theme. A couple of years ago, ours was “Black Paper Packages Tied Up with String.”—after the movie, “Mary Poppins.” ❤️Include a basket of small treats for each person after they express their gratitude—ours were wrapped up with black utility paper and tied with white string. 🧡🍁Details & more here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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❤️BOOKS THAT BRING THE SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE INT

❤️BOOKS THAT BRING THE SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE INTO YOUR HOME & PAINTING THANKSGIVING PUMPKINS! 🧡Here are some of my favorite Thanksgiving books for children—to bring the spirit of gratitude and Thanksgiving into your home! 🎃And while you are reading these Thanksgiving books to your kids & grandkids—have them paint some pumpkins in fall colors! 🍁Then use them for your Thanksgiving table centerpieces or as decorations on your front porch! 🧡🍂Links and details here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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❤️MORE WAYS TO BE GRATEFUL: MAKE A GRATITUDE Q

❤️MORE WAYS TO BE GRATEFUL: MAKE A GRATITUDE QUILT 🍁Colorful leaves are one of the most spectacular parts of Fall! 🍂We grabbed our grandkids and went out; gathered leaves and then made these leaf prints with Kwik Stix markers and cardstock paper. We also used crayons and made leaf imprints by coloring the paper with the leaf underneath. 🧡But, don’t stop there! Create a “Gratitude Quilt”—with your beautiful printed leaves. 💛We made 16 squares—for 16 days leading up to Thanksgiving. Each child wrote down 16 things they are grateful for and the grandkids put one piece of paper on each square for 16 days. 🍁You’ve still got time! Grab your kids/grandkids and get creating! 🧡🍂Details here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡MAKE A PUMPKIN/GOURD PICTURE FROM RECYCLED MAT

🧡MAKE A PUMPKIN/GOURD PICTURE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS 🍁Does your gratitude include being grateful for recycling? 🍂When I was growing up (as well as my grandparents) the motto was, “Waste Not, Want Not.” Because they went through the depression and World Wars—they understood about recycling long before we did! 🧡So, I took a bunch of the grandkid’s doodles and leftover pieces of artwork—their comb, alcohol, and credit card paintings and we cut them up and gave them another life! 🍁Thanksgiving collages! 🍂It’s practical magic! 💛🧡Details: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡THANKSGIVING CORN HUSKS—FUN ARTS & CRAFTS AC

🧡THANKSGIVING CORN HUSKS—FUN ARTS & CRAFTS ACTIVITY! 🍁I saw these Thanksgiving cornhusks on FB and had to try them out. 💛Just need pony beads & pipe cleaners and you’re good to go! 🍁A great Thanksgiving decoration—and a fabulous way to practice bilateral coordination! 🍂Many thanks to @smartschoolhouse 🧡🍁Details: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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❤️WEAR YOUR GRATITUDE: MAKE A GRATITUDE BRACEL

❤️WEAR YOUR GRATITUDE: MAKE A GRATITUDE BRACELET 🧡Here’s an easy, fun way to remind your kids/grandkids to be grateful—each day! 🍁Make a gratitude bracelet they can wear each day! 🍂I got these beads on Amazon (where else?) and some twine and the grandkids strung the beads on—creating a fun little gratitude bracelet. 🧡Each bead has one of these three words: “Grateful,” “Thankful,” and “Blessed.” ❤️🍁Get all the details & links here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡CREATE A GRATITUDE CALENDAR & COUNT YOUR BLESS

🧡CREATE A GRATITUDE CALENDAR & COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS! 💛Advent calendars are NOT just for Christmas—you can utilize them for other important holidays, too! 🍁And Thanksgiving is an important holiday—so create an easy-peasy advent calendar for the month with your kids/grandkids. It's a fun way to write down daily gratitude! 🍂You need poster paper; some stick-on letters and numbers. I got these cute pumpkin and leaf place cards at Hobby Lobby that lift up and are the perfect place to write down their daily gratitude 🧡Each day lift up one place card and have your child/grandchild write down what they are grateful for—all the way to November 30th! 💛🍁🍂Get all the directions here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡GRATEFUL FOR TECHNOLOGY 🍁Technology is a t

🧡GRATEFUL FOR TECHNOLOGY 🍁Technology is a two-edged sword! If used in moderation—it’s a great tool for so many things. 🍂But when it’s overused and takes the place of family and friends—it becomes a problem. 🧡However—here is an aspect of technology to be grateful for—a FREE app called, “Gratitude Journal App.” 🍁This app allows you to write down what you are grateful for and keep it forever. 🍂It sends notifications with gratitude prompts such as, “What made you smile today?” or “What’s the best thing that happened to you today?” You can also add images to each of your gratitude entries. 🧡A great app to help teens express and write down their gratitude! 💛🍁Get the links and details here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡GRATEFUL FOR PLAY & HANDS TO MAKE ARTS & CRAFT

🧡GRATEFUL FOR PLAY & HANDS TO MAKE ARTS & CRAFTS! 💛We all need to be grateful for PLAY—and do more of it! 🍁Check out these three fun Thanksgiving activities to do with your kids & grandkids. And emphasize that there is a time & place for everything—including PLAY! 🍂These activities—Thanksgiving puzzles and Thanksgiving Bingo can be played on Thanksgiving Day—or before. 🧡Check out on the post how to make the puzzles and order the Thanksgiving Bingo—a fun activity to engage the whole family! 💛And help your children understand about being grateful for their hands to make fun arts & crafts. We made these turkeys and created a fun background using paint & balloons! 🧡🍁Details: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡BE GRATEFUL FOR NATURE IN A COLORFUL WAY! 💛This is a super fun way to show gratitude for nature! 🍁Supplies are minimal—cardboard, colored paper, clothespins, and NATURE! 🍂The idea—find different things in nature that correspond to the colored square on the board—and then attach it with the clothespin. 🧡A super fun scavenger hunt—and teaches your children/grandchildren to be observant and grateful for all the beautiful colors found in nature! 💛🍁Get all the details here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡MAKE A GRATITUDE BOX TO TUCK YOUR GRATITUDE IN

🧡MAKE A GRATITUDE BOX TO TUCK YOUR GRATITUDE IN! 💛Make a gratitude box with your children or grandchildren! 🍁Gratitude boxes contain pieces of paper to write down thoughts of gratitude each day and to keep those thoughts tucked away in your gratitude box to reminisce over what you are grateful for. 🍂Purchase wooden boxes on Amazon or the Dollar Store. Supply your kids with markers or watercolor paints to color and decorate their boxes. 🧡Have them write notes of gratitude each day & keep them in their boxes. 💛🍁Get all the details here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡GRATEFUL FOR ANCESTORS: GOING ON A LANTERN WAL

🧡GRATEFUL FOR ANCESTORS: GOING ON A LANTERN WALK 🍁I’ve done a lot of activities that involve “getting to know our ancestors” with our kids and now grandkids. This is one where we showed gratitude to their great, great-grandmother. 🍂One way to teach your children/grandchildren about their ancestors is: *Read stories of their lives *Paint a picture of an ancestor *Do an activity that honors their accomplishments, hobbies, or talents. 🧡I shared with my grandkids several stories of their great, great, great-grandmother—Victoria Josephine Sandgren Harris. 💛She was born in Sweden; had 13 children (one was my grandmother). She loved going on nature walks at dusk, was taught how to forage from the Piute Native Americans, and baked the best buttermilk biscuits. 🍁To honor her and show gratitude for her life—we went on a walk at dusk with homemade lanterns, made buttermilk biscuits, foraged for weeds and read a book about “Strange Trees.” 🍂How do you show gratitude to your ancestors? 🧡💛More here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡FRAME YOUR GRATITUDE—MAKING SPECIAL GRATITUD

🧡FRAME YOUR GRATITUDE—MAKING SPECIAL GRATITUDE POSTERS 💛This week is about different activities that focus on gratitude to do with your kids & grandkids. 🍁First—create a GRATITUDE POSTER. It’s a fun reminder of what kids/grandkids are grateful for! 🍂There are several fun steps to complete this project—gather fall leaves, make imprints of the leaves with crayons and then bathe the whole picture in a watercolor wash and watch the colors “pop!” 🧡Stick on bulky letters that spell out, “I Am Grateful For.” Add, individual ink drawings that illustrate what each child is grateful for 💛Last—mount and frame everything for safekeeping and a reminder of grateful memories! 🍁🍂Get the details here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡CHECK OUT THESE BOOKS THAT TEACH KIDS ABOUT GR

🧡CHECK OUT THESE BOOKS THAT TEACH KIDS ABOUT GRATITUDE! 🍁💛Here are some of our favorite books that teach children about gratitude: *The Blessings Jar: A Story About Being Thankful *I’m Thankful Each Day *Thankful *The Thankful Book *Apple Cake: A Gratitude *Bear Says Thanks *Being Thankful 🧡🍂Get all the details here: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡💛THANKSGIVING GRATITUDE! Watch the video an

🧡💛THANKSGIVING GRATITUDE! Watch the video and for more ways to practice gratitude— check out the blog. Link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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🧡VERBALLY EXPRESS GRATITUDE EACH DAY 💛Add t

🧡VERBALLY EXPRESS GRATITUDE EACH DAY 💛Add this to your kids’ bedtime routine— 🍁Before bedtime, gather your children together and have them share something they are grateful for that happened that day. It helps kids focus on the positives! 🍂And, if they have a “Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” –listen to their concerns and then reassure them that even bad days can have silver linings and are usually temporary! 🧡💛More ideas like this on the blog: link in bio #gratitudepost #parenting #gratitudequotes
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