Snuggle up with stories that spark gratitude, joy, and kindergarten-ready skills. This post shares the best preschool books for building empathy, confidence, and early literacy—all through cozy moments and meaningful conversations. From thankfulness tales to kindness classics, you’ll discover read-alouds that strengthen connection and support your child’s growth long after storytime ends.

This Thanksgiving, go beyond turkey crafts and teach your preschooler the true meaning of gratitude. Through playful activities like Thankful Walks, Kindness Coupons, and family gratitude journals, children learn to notice kindness, express appreciation, and grow confident in who they are. These simple traditions nurture empathy, joy, and lifelong gratitude—turning thankful moments into lasting confidence.

This month, we are honoring the women in the world. This is a time to celebrate all that their contributions to society and all that they continue to do. They are mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, and friends. They work hard in their professional lives and contribute to their communities. We honor them for their strength, resilience, and courage.

Parents across the board find their experiences to be similar. When your child says, “Thank you” for the first time without giving them a nudge or a nod of “what do you say”. The inner excitement that you are doing something right in your parenting. Parents universally share the moment of thought of, I’m afraid I am not teaching my children enough.