Living Values Activities for Children Ages 3-7
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As pervasive violence shatters our nation, the call for values echoes through headlines and school hallways as educators, parents and children become increasingly concerned and affected.The Living Values series offers a variety of experiential activities for teachers and parents to help them teach children and young adults to develop twelve critical social values: cooperation, freedom, happiness, honesty, humility, love, peace, respect, responsibility, simplicity, tolerance and unity. In each book, these twelve values are explored using age-appropriate lessons that incorporate group discussions, reading, quiet reflection time, songs, artwork and action-oriented activities.These lessons are already in use in more than 1,000 locations in sixty-two countries. Pilot results indicate that students are enthusiastic and teachers report a decrease in aggressive behavior and more motivated students. The Living Values Educational Program was born when twenty educators from around the world gathered at UNICEF Headquarters in New York in 1996 to discuss the needs of children and how to better prepare students for lifelong success. These global educators identified the curriculum and the program was ready for piloting in February of 1997.
Setting the ContextThe Call for ValuesviiWhat Kind of Program Is LVEP?viiIntroductionTeaching ValuesxiWhere Do I Begin?xiiiRecommended Order of Values UnitsxiiiA Variety of Values ActivitiesxivBringing in the Values of Your CulturexviiUsing the Values UnitsxviiiAcknowledging ResponsesxxSymbols Used Throughout the LessonsxxiEducators--Share with the World!xxiiValues Units1.Peace12.Respect313.Love594.Responsibility835.Happiness996.Cooperation1217.Honesty1398.Humility1519.Tolerance16510.Simplicity17711.Unity187AppendixItem 1Peace: The Star Story197Item 2Respect: Lily the Leopard201Item 3Love: The Happy Sponges204Item 4Responsibility: The Seed206Item 5Happiness: The Heart School209Item 6Honesty: The Emperor and the Flower Seeds219Item 7Happiness: Billy the Bully223Item 8Tolerance: Josh the Dragon226Quietly Being Exercises: All Values229Cited Books and Songs231Acknowledgments233About the Authors235
