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Each month, the Character Council provides a free email bulletin for educators with methods and creative activities for integrating the character quality of the month into school curriculum. Use the form to the right to be added to the list.
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Croskey’s Corner: Dependability
Perspective on the Character Quality of Resilience by school counselor, Bill Croskey.
Croskey’s Corner: Resilience
Perspective on the Character Quality of Resilience by school counselor, Bill Croskey.
Croskey’s Corner: Punctuality
Croskey’s Corner: Courage
Croskey’s Corner: Justice
Croskey’s Corner: Flexibility
Croskey’s Corner: Ready! Fire! Aim!
Croskey’s Corner: Humble-ness
Croskey’s Corner: Enthusiasm
Croskey’s Corner: Tolerance
Compassion Activities
Three activities that teach wisdom.
Wisdom Activities
Three activities that teach wisdom.
Dependability Activities
Three activities that teach dependability – fulfilling commitments even in the face of difficulty.
Resilience Activities
Three activities that teach resilience- recovering from adversity.
Punctuality Activities
Three activities that teach punctuality – showing respect for other by doing the right thing at the right time.
Courage Activities
Flexibility Activities
Alertness Activities
Humility Activities
Enthusiasm Activities
Wisdom Quotes
Love the quote images you see below? Follow us on Instagram for more like them throughout the month! “A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.”~Herb Caen “From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his...
Dependability Quotes
Love the quote images you see below? Follow us on Instagram for more like them throughout the month! “Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to...
Resilience Quotes
Love the quote images you see below? Follow us on Instagram for more like them throughout the month! “When we face the worst that can happen in any situation, we grow. When circumstances are at their worst, we can find our best.” - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross “Our greatest...
Punctuality Quotes
Love the quote images you see below? Follow us on Instagram for more like them throughout the month! "That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing." ~Martin Luther King, Jr. “If I have made an...
Courage Quotes
Love the quote images you see below? Follow us on Instagram for more like them throughout the month! "Let's have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it." ~Abraham Lincoln "The greatest test of...
Justice Quotes
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. “Fairness is man’s ability to...
Flexibility Quotes
Love the quote images you see below? Follow us on Instagram for more like them throughout the month! "Flexibility in a stem makes a tree stand in storm. Flexibility in behavior makes a human win hearts."~Anonymous “Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible...
Alertness Quotes
Love the quote images you see below? Follow us on Instagram for more like them throughout the month! "Be always vigilant; there are many snares for the good.” ~Accius “Be alert. The most important things in life are seldom the most obvious.” ~Jonathan Lockwood...
Humility Quotes
Love the quote images you see below? Follow us on Instagram for more like them throughout the month! "One must be as humble as the dust before he can discover truth." ~Mahatma Gandhi “Humility is like underwear, essential, but indecent if it shows.” ~ Helen Nielsen...
Enthusiasm Quotes
Love the quote images you see below? Follow us on Instagram for more like them throughout the month! “The real secret of success is enthusiasm” ~Walter Chrysler “Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses...
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Availability Reading List
Reading list and featured book “Room on the Broom” that help teach Availability.
Cooperation Curriculum Connection – Science
Connecting science curriculum to Wisdom.
Cooperation Reading List
Reading list and featured book “Energy Bus” that help teach Positivity.
Decisiveness Curriculum Connection – Social Studies
Connecting social studies curriculum to Decisiveness.
Decisiveness Reading List
Reading list and featured book “Evie’s Field Day” that help teach Decisiveness.
Honesty Curriculum Connection – Science
Connecting science curriculum to Wisdom.
Honesty Reading List
Reading list and featured book “Energy Bus” that help teach Positivity.
Positivity Curriculum Connection – Science
Connecting science curriculum to Wisdom.
Positivity Reading List
Reading list and featured book “Energy Bus” that help teach Positivity.
Compassion Curriculum Connection – Science
Connecting science curriculum to Wisdom.
Magazine Cover
Divide the whole group into smaller groups of 4 – 6 people. Provide each group with a large sheet of paper and drawing materials. Each group is to design a magazine cover touting an accomplishment for which the larger group as a whole could be famous. It doesn’t have...
I Forget!
Arrange the participants in groups of 3 - 7 for this story-telling exercise. Make up a negative story title that is age-appropriate for the group. One person in each group starts by making up the first part of the story. After a few sentences, or when they become...
Net-Working
Have the group stand in a circle, shoulder to shoulder then take 2 giant steps backwards. Give one person a ball of yarn. Have them unwind a portion that they think will reach across the circle, hold the end then toss the ball of yarn across the circle to someone else….
The Gauntlet
Divide the class into groups. You can use seating arrangements such as a row or table to define the groups or create groups on your own. Instruct each group to…
Vanity Plates
Divide the class into groups. You can use seating arrangements such as a row or table to define the groups or create groups on your own. Instruct each group to…
Shamrock Shuffle
Divide the class into groups. You can use seating arrangements such as a row or table to define the groups or create groups on your own. Instruct each group to…
Hoop Circle
Divide the class into groups. You can use seating arrangements such as a row or table to define the groups or create groups on your own. Instruct each group to…
Martian Name
Divide the class into groups. You can use seating arrangements such as a row or table to define the groups or create groups on your own. Instruct each group to…
Bunny Bounce
Divide the class into groups. You can use seating arrangements such as a row or table to define the groups or create groups on your own. Instruct each group to…
Tarp Hole
Divide the class into groups. You can use seating arrangements such as a row or table to define the groups or create groups on your own. Instruct each group to…