Why is character education important? Focusing on four aspects of character:. Moral Character The qualities that help us be our best self, including trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Performance Character The qualities that help us do our best work, including self-discipline, diligence, organization, and confidence. Intellectual Character The skills and traits needed to be a motivated and committed learner, critical thinker, and creative problem solver, including curiosity, intellectual autonomy, humility, and open-mindedness.
Civic Character The skills and traits needed to be an ethical, engaged citizen who demonstrates leadership, teamwork, civility, and creates positive change in their community. Achieves growth in:. Academics Students will become motivated and committed learners capable of self-direction and pursuing wisdom.
Social-Emotional Learning SEL Students will be able to demonstrate self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, social awareness, and relationship skills. Character education and SEL curriculum resources, activities, lessons, and more!
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Each year, during the third week in October, millions of people around the world celebrate the core values that define good character. Character Counts Week is a great time for teachers and parents to plan some activities that teach the pillars of good character, including traits of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
Scroll down for some great activities for Character Counts week, or jump straight to the full catalog of all our FREE character teaching resources. Browse All Free Resources. For younger students, try these free, printable Character Counts Coloring pages.
Try them as an add-on activity after reading a character education picture book , or on their own. Looking for another character topic, browse the catalog of free character education-themed coloring pages. Coloring Page Catalog. Speaking of which, the kids appear with other kids and certain children's characters in a parade, singing the video's title song, " Kids for Character. After the intro, one of the kids, Tiffany, calls "Ollie Ollie Oxen Freeze" however that phrase is written , summoning the other five children to the playground.
Jake decides to play baseball, but Kelsey decides to play tag, but Evan decides to play kickball. Tiffany, discovering there are "too many choices," wonders what to decide on. Carlos has everybody else get in a circle off the toy, where the six children put their hands in a circle during the count-up part of the chant, turn the circle like a wheel during the color part, and then put their hands in the circle again during the count-down part.
Because Jake's hand is last in the circle, the other kids choose him. Jake really wants to play baseball, to the dismay of the others, such as Tiffany. So, it's not done. After the children sing " Making Choices ," Jake still hasn't decided Mariana orders chocolate, and so does Jake. Choosing a flavor is hard for Tiffany, so she ends up choosing peppermint crunch.
Evan chooses orange sherbet, and Kelsey chooses Rocky Road.
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