Character Education: How
do I do it?
"Character
Links: Stories and Activities for Teaching Children About Character"
Read about a program that uses masks, puppets, and CDs to
help teach children character traits. From this website there
is a link to purchase “Character Links” directly
from amazon.com.
Character
Education Through Children’s Literature
Read some research that supports teaching character education.
This article discusses which traits to teach, and how to do
so using stories.
“How
to Teach Your Child Character”
This site provides many useful ways that parents can immediately
and effectively teach their children character traits. Focus
on the Family suggests activities that both parents and children
can do, so that parents can demonstrate character traits in
action to their children.
Character Education: What else can I do?
Evergreen
Elementary School’s Character Corner
Check out what Evergreen Elementary is doing to teach its
children character traits. Many of these ideas can be immediately
adapted to work with parent and child in the home.
Recommended
Books for Many Character Traits
Click on a character trait of interest and find many recommended
children’s books for teaching that trait! Check some of
these books out from your public library.
