NEW AT THE FIXES · Thanksgiving kindness game

The Thankful Table™

Your class builds one candlelit feast table, one kind moment at a time. No scores, no rankings, no winners: the goal is a full, welcoming table.

  • GradesK–8
  • Time5–10 min a day
  • CategoryKindness & Community Building
  • No student accounts

Free to use. No student sign-ins, ads or payment requests on the classroom screen. Teacher operated; preview before first use.

The Thankful Table™ original cover artwork
Why this Fix exists

The problem is real. So is the Fix.

November is a good month to notice kindness, but it is easy to let it stay a poster on the wall.

What actually happens

Tap one of two buttons on the shared screen. OUR CLASS DID IT adds a shared dish when the whole class completes a routine well. A KIND ACT seats a Fixes creature guest, with an optional first name, when one student helps, shares or includes someone. As the table fills the room warms: candles at 25%, a harvest centrepiece at 50%, string lights at 75%, and a Lantern Lift when it is full.

What the teacher does

Use the buttons when you see it happen, and keep names optional. Choose a Quick (12), Standard (20) or Grand (30) feast; a Grand Feast started in early November is ready for Thanksgiving week. Add a table per class with the + tab.

What students see

Small games, all friendly.

Students choose where each guest sits (neighbours who are different creatures build Harmony hearts), serve each guest a favourite dish, pass the shared platter around the table on a rhythm, catch drifting lanterns to read the wish inside, and echo a chime pattern. A miss is always caught with a smile, and every mini-game can be skipped or switched off in Settings.

There are no points against other students and nothing to lose. Everything works offline, with no accounts, ads or tracking, and the Kindness Log stays on your device.

If it goes sideways

Quick fixes for common snags.

  • A tapped button was a mistake: press Undo to remove the last addition.
  • A student does not want to be named: leave the name blank. The guest still takes a seat.

Teacher tools: Table Breath (four slow breath cycles), Thanks Circle (a gratitude question, passing is always okay), Dinner Bell, a downloadable Kindness Log (CSV) and Save Table Photo at the end of the feast.

Used it? Say thanks or fix it forward afterward, only if it helped. The tool stays free either way.