This past April, during t’filla (daily prayer), our kindergarten students learned that the rabbis teach us that we should thank G-d and find 100 things to bless EACH DAY.

One of the first t’fillot that the kindergarten students learned were the Morning Blessings – sometimes referred to as the “miracles of the day.” Every Monday, students were invited to individually share a thank you to G-d. It was always inspiring to see so many children eager to speak. As time went on, students expanded their realm of who and what they appreciated. And so, we challenged the kindergarten students during that first week in April if they thought they could come up with 100 things to bless by the end of school. They answered with a resounding yes! That day, during t’filla, they began their list. Each week we added more things to the list. And just last week – with each class sharing one last round of thank you’s – the kindergarten kehillah (community) was able to thank G-d for 103 things! It is quite a list! 

We want to share list for you to share with your friends and family. Think about a special time when you can look at this list together. Maybe on Shabbat or before bedtime or sitting at the beach? Maybe your family will be inspired to continue adding to the list over the summer? Where this list takes you as a family will be interesting to see!

100 Things to Bless Every Day

1. The Torah
2. G-d
3. The world and all of its people
4. The earth
5. The Jewish people
6. We were once slaves and now we are free
7. No more war
8. The First Temple
9. Tamchui Organizations
10. The Western Wall (Kotel)
11. Moses
12. The Rashi School
13. The Burning Bush
14. Martin Luther King, Jr.
15. Love
16. Food
17. Freedom
18. Shabbat
19. Our home
20. Our brothers and sisters
21. All that G-d did for us
22. Trees so we can breathe
23. Noah’s ark
24. The Ner Tamid – the light that never goes out
25. Our parents
26. Legos and other toys
27. Peace
28. The Ten Commandments
29. Jewish holidays
30. Education
31. Our teachers
32. The army
33. Clothing
34. Israel
35. Ogunquit, Maine
36. The Kindergarten team
37. Ourselves
38. Our families
39. Our pets
40. Doctors
41. Swimming pools
42. Dentists
43. Love and kindness
44. Our friends
45. Lifejackets and lifeguards
46. Money
47. Having the things we need to make our loved ones happy
48. Brazil
49. The tooth fairy
50. Our grandparents
51. Playing with our siblings
52. Playgrounds
53. Stephanie Rotsky!
54. The timer
55. Art
56. Being healthy
57. Being able to go to school
58. Our classmates
59. Harry Potter
60. Animals
61. Dinosaurs
62. Nature
63. Yitzhak Rabin
64. Everything we are given
65. Rocks
66. Rick Recht (for writing The Hope)
67. Connect Four
68. Summer
69. Oxygen
70. TV
71. Standing on your head
72. Pizza Thursday
73. Parties
74. Learning in different ways
75. Our teachers
76. Cars
77. Computers
78. Field Day
79. The Celtics
80. The Patriots
81. The Red Sox
82. Our hearts
83. Enough food to eat
84. Musical instruments
85. Our butterflies (who we raised and freed)
86. Our souls
87. The Promethian Board
88. Disney Movies
89. iPads
90. Our songleader, Stephen
91. Fitness and Health class
92. Muffins
93. All of our friends!
94. Snacktime
95. Star Wars
96. Summer vacation
97. Legos
98. Dirt
99. Bathtime
100. Hatching chicks