by Jill Tomey | May 27, 2022 | Family Activity
Sink or Swim For this exercise, you will need a large serving bowl or tub full of water and clay (not modeling compound). Make 4 small clay balls about the size of a large marble or you can choose to use marbles as in the photo on the website identified below, but you...
by Jill Tomey | May 27, 2022 | Activity
Endurance Activities The activities here are fun ways to teach character. The game aspect makes the lesson more memorable. Each activity has processing questions at the end. Without processing the activity, the exercise is just a game. To make it a stronger...
by Jill Tomey | May 27, 2022 | Character Quotables
Endurance Quotes Love the quote images you see below? Follow us on Instagram for more like them throughout the month! “Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.” -Friedrich Schiller “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only...
by Jill Tomey | May 27, 2022 | No Matter How You Say It
No Matter How You Say It: Endurance Word Origin The primary Latin root of endure is durare, which means “to harden; to hold out; to make last”. To create the word Endurance, the Latin durare was coupled with the Latin preposition for “in”. Can you see how Endurance is...
by Jill Tomey | May 27, 2022 | Curriculum Connection
Endurance Reading List Pete the Cat: I Love My White ShoesStory by Eric Litwin, Art by James Dean, creator of Pete the Cat From the inside front cover: Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from...
