Comments on: Curriculum Choices :: Resources for Character Education

By: Jake Corrie

Jake Corrie — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:37:54 +0000

I am so happy to have found this site/there is a lot of useful information I have discovered here you might want to look at this site I have found also on the same topic education resources

By: Larae

Larae — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:00:13 +0000

absolutely my favorite, too!

By: Dave Conklin

Dave Conklin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:11:39 +0000

I’m a homeschooling dad who has created a “fun for the whole family” card game that teaches virtues. Please take a look:

http://www.virtue-cards.com/

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:40:22 +0000

Hi Jamie,
Thanks for some great reviews of different curriculums. I am homeschooling my Kindergartener and may do so for my other 3. I am really looking for a great science curriculum. We use the curriculum provided by our school district (homeschool charter school) but I find it very uninspiring. I have looked into the Sonlight but am wondering how heavy it is with the religion/evolution dilemma. We are Christian and I like that focus in the rest of our areas but am not sure how to proceed with science. Any thoughts?

By: Kelly Cook

Kelly Cook — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:22:16 +0000

Our son will be 5 in September and we are starting to “officially” teach him this year. The two things I put on my list of goals for the year are character development and reading readiness! I was excited to see this blog post covered character. I don’t have any resources to share yet, but one idea I had is to graph good and bad characters from the movies he likes to watch. After the movie I will ask him to tell me about the movie and name good characters and why he or she was good, then do the same for bad characters. We can then print an image of the character (hopefully!) and place it on a Good vs Evil graph or maybe godly and not godly qualities. That puts CD into pre math and reciting what he has learned.

Thanks to previous posters for the additional resources!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:23:23 +0000

We recently purchased The Young Peacemaker by Corlette Sande. It teaches children (grades 3-8) how to deal with conflict God’s way. We are excited to incorporate it into our schedule this Fall.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:10:41 +0000

We’ve enjoyed using “family time” materials from the Center for Biblical Parenting, specifically the Kids Honor Club and the Hero Training Camp materials. http://www.biblicalparenting.org/

By: Jeri Graybill

Jeri Graybill — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:42:49 +0000

Yes! Thanks for addressing character education. It’s woefully absent much of the time in curriculum planning.

By: Cari

Cari — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:56:18 +0000

I’ve been working through Rebecca Manor’s guide entitled, TEACHING CHARACTER THROUGH LITERATURE (Beautiful Feet). It has extensive lists of rich literature for both Primary and Intermediate Grades and questions that coincide. Honestly, these works most often speak for themselves. We rarely move through the questions formally, as my daughter comes up with plenty of her own. She’s captured by these books (and honestly, so am I).
Cari’s latest post: Common Ground

By: Kami

Kami — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:48:35 +0000

Sharing a post from The Homeschool Classroom with more ideas on the same subject: http://www.hsclassroom.net/2010/07/creating-a-culture-of-virtue-learning-in-your-home/
Kami’s latest post: An old favorite- sand painting