Showing posts with label Building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Building. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Grades PreK-K (Safe & Caring Schools)

Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Grades PreK-K (Safe & Caring Schools) Review



Book with CD-Rom

Hundreds of user-friendly lesson plans help teachers build attitudes of respect and caring, reduce problem behaviors, empower students to solve problems, and educate the whole child socially, emotionally, and academically. The lessons’ literature-based connections allow teachers to “build in” rather than “add on” social-emotional learning (SEL) as part of the daily curriculum. Each resource guide offers:

  • Monthly themes focused on emotions, empathy, relationships, conflict resolution, bullying prevention, problem solving, decision making, teamwork, and self-esteem
  • Literature-based lessons with curriculum integrations for using the lessons as part of language arts, social studies, science, math, art, and music
  • Easy-to-implement lesson formats for all activities: Read, Discuss, Do, Relate
  • Built-in assessments
  • Reproducible activity handouts in the book and on CD-ROM
Field-tested in classrooms across the United States, these activities when fully implemented have resulted in improved school climate, greater parent engagement, increased academic achievement, and reduction in discipline referrals. The Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning resource guides are essential teaching tools for all preK–8 teachers.


Monday, April 16, 2012

Character Building Activities for Kids: Ready-to-Use Character Education Lessons & Activities for the Elementary Grades

Character Building Activities for Kids: Ready-to-Use Character Education Lessons & Activities for the Elementary Grades Review



This straight-forward resource gives teachers, counselors, and parents over 140 common-sense lessons with reproducible activities for developing traits selected as representative of good character, such as honesty, generosity and fairness. This guide is organized into three sections focusing on respect for self, respect for others, and a positive outlook on life. Each lesson defines a specific character trait, shows children how to recognize the trait, and provides opportunities for children to apply the trait in their own daily lives.


Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom - Middle School Edition: Lesson Plans and Students' Favorite Stories for Reading Comprehension, Writing Skills, Critical Thinking, Character Building

Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom - Middle School Edition: Lesson Plans and Students' Favorite Stories for Reading Comprehension, Writing Skills, Critical Thinking, Character Building Review



'Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.'

—Martin Luther King, Jr.

As a teacher, you have the unique opportunity to teach and inspire your students to be goal-oriented, compassionate, confident, and ambitious. Anna Unkovich, a former teacher of thirty-five years, made a difference in her students' lives through the daily use of stories from the bestselling series Chicken Soup for the Soul.

For many years, Unkovich read these stories to her students and noticed remarkable changes in them, both academically and personally. Recognizing that today's teenagers have more challenges in finding positive role models, she teamed up with bestselling author Mark Victor Hansen and veteran teacher, inspirational speaker, and bestselling author Jack Canfield to create an unprecedented educational curriculum for teachers to use to empower their students in the same way that they have. Unkovich chose the most inspirational stories from the more than one hundred Chicken Soup books published. These stories, activities, and plans will enhance your existing curriculum. Designed to be read aloud to students, each story is accompanied by thought-provoking questions and exercises specifically designed and used by the authors.

Your students will identify with each of the powerful stories and will be encouraged to apply the lesson plans to their own lives, challenges, and situations, and at the same time improve their critical thinking and writing skills. More important, unlike other curriculums, Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom educates and provides opportunities for open dialogue on real-life issues, including character building and self-esteem.


Saturday, February 25, 2012

Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners

Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners Review



This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.


Friday, January 20, 2012

Building A Character

Building A Character Review



Stanislavski's groundbreaking acting system, developed from his work in the Moscow Art Theater and acknowledged the world over, found its greatest success in America where its methods have been used for over fifty years by the Actor's Studio in New York.
Building a Character, the second volume in Stanislavski's acclaimed trilogy, continues the total immersion in technique and class scenarios begun in An Actor Prepares. The work unfolds in a drama school with a group of young actors: the argumentative Grisha; the pretty, vain Sonia; her admirer, the clowning Vanya; and Kostya, the diarist who records the daily lessons. The teacher and director Tortsov is modeled on Stanislavski.
The emphasis in the second book is to continue to challenge the imagination of the actors, encouraging them to act out the deepest expressions of human nature and find their highest potential. Here, a new range of physical exercises is practiced with the goals of plasticity of motion, restraint and control, and making the body expressive. Stanislavski also delves into stage charm and character-building by focusing on diction and singing, intonation and pauses, and tempo-rhythm.
Stanislavski's aim is to help actors fill out their roles to the proportion of whole human beings, "characters who will have the power to move the public to laughter, to tears, to unforgettable emotions."


Sunday, December 25, 2011

What Do You Stand For? For Kids: A Guide to Building Character

What Do You Stand For? For Kids: A Guide to Building Character Review



Even elementary school children can build positive character traits like caring, citizenship, cooperation, courage, fairness, honesty, respect, and responsibility. The true stories, inspiring quotations, thought-provoking dilemmas, and activities in this book help kids grow into capable, moral teens and adults. Previously titled Being Your Best, this award-winning book has a fresh new cover and updated resources.


Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Child's Book of Character Building: Growing Up in God's World - At Home, at School, at Play, Book 1

Child's Book of Character Building: Growing Up in God's World - At Home, at School, at Play, Book 1 Review



Child's Book of Character Building: Growing Up in God's World - At Home, at School, at Play, Book 1 Feature

  • ISBN13: 9780800754945
  • Condition: New
  • Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
Can a child understand what it means to forgive, to be wise, to be tenderhearted, or to be orderly? A Child's Book of Character Building uses an imaginative blend of simple explanation and interesting storytelling to teach Christian behavior to children ages 3-7.


Saturday, November 26, 2011

Building your child's character from the inside out

Building your child's character from the inside out Review



An exciting journey that leads parents into discovering how to nurture and mold their children's inner character with sound values.


Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Character Building (An African American Heritage Book)

Character Building (An African American Heritage Book) Review



In Character Building are thirty seven addresses that Booker T. Washington gave before students, faculty, and guests at the Tuskegee Institute. These addresses take the form of timeless advice on a number of subjects. Very motivational and uplifting. Washington was constantly, and often bitterly, criticized by his contemporaries for being too conciliatory to whites and not concerned enough about civil rights. It would not be until after his death that the world would find out that he had indeed worked a great deal for civil rights anonymously behind the scenes.


Thursday, September 1, 2011

Character Building : Being Addresses Delivered on Sunday Evenings to the Students of Tuskegee Instit

Character Building : Being Addresses Delivered on Sunday Evenings to the Students of Tuskegee Instit Review



This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.


Sunday, August 28, 2011

What Do You Stand For? For Teens: A Guide to Building Character

What Do You Stand For? For Teens: A Guide to Building Character Review



Young people need guidance from caring adults to build strong, positive character traits—but they can also build their own. This book by the best-selling author of The Kid’s Guide to Social Action invites children and teens to explore and practice honesty, kindness, empathy, integrity, tolerance, patience, respect, and more.

Quotations and background information set the stage. Dilemmas challenge readers to think about, discuss, and debate positive traits. Activities invite them to explore what they stand for at school, at home, and in their communities. True stories profile real kids who exemplify positive traits; resources point the way toward character-building books, organizations, programs, and Web sites.


Saturday, August 27, 2011

A Child's Book of Character Building

A Child's Book of Character Building Review



Presents Bible stories and situations from daily life which demonstrate the meaning of Christian values.


Friday, August 19, 2011

Authenticity: Living a Spiritually Healthy Life (Building Character Together)

Authenticity: Living a Spiritually Healthy Life (Building Character Together) Review



Authenticity: Living a Spiritually Healthy Life (Building Character Together) Feature

  • ISBN13: 9780310249900
  • Condition: Used - Like New
  • Notes: 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
What does it take to build character? How do you instill godly qualities inside yourself that are displayed consistently through words, actions, and attitudes that reflect what Jesus himself is like? Building Character Together takes you and your small group inside the Bible to learn character-building lessons from some of its most compelling figures. In six enjoyable, interactive sessions, each volume in this six-volume series helps you deeply explore the complex issues of developing Christian character. Combining study, discussion, and shared experiences, here is a pathway to growth both individually and as a group. Explore the lives of David, Mary Magdalene, Jacob, and other men and women of the Bible. Learn lessons from their successes and failures and from their relationships with God and other people that you can readily link to yourself and your own life circumstances. Enjoy frank discussions that draw you and other group members deeper into each others' lives. And put it all into action in a one-day group retreat, a service project, a mini-mission work, and other experiences that help you make the leap from good words to good works.


Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Organized Teacher's Guide to Building Character, with CD-ROM

The Organized Teacher's Guide to Building Character, with CD-ROM Review



Learn to teach character traits to your students

The Organized Teacher's Guide to Building Character, a comprehensive resource that will help you implement character education into your lesson plans. The book features ten plans (one for each month of the school year), each focusing on a different character trait, including Respect and Responsibility, Honesty, Courage, Fairness and Self-Discipline.

  • A multitude of ideas, books, videos, etc, to use with children of different ages.
  • Complete lesson plans incorporate easy-to-access materials that a teacher may already have in her classroom or library.

Topics include:
Respect and Responsibility; Loyalty/Friendship; Kindness/Caring; Self-Discipline/Self-Control; Perseverance/Diligence; Honesty; Courage; Fairness; Gratitude and Integrity


Thursday, July 7, 2011

Character Building: A Guide for Parents and Teachers

Character Building: A Guide for Parents and Teachers Review



How to teach your children to be truly and thoroughly good

With the family under fire as never before, even faithful Catholic parents often don’t know where to turn for trustworthy guidance about childrearing. That’s why this book is so urgently needed. David Isaacs, an experienced parent and teacher, gives you practical direction on how to teach children of all ages the human virtues: generosity, fortitude, optimism, perseverance, orderliness, responsibility, respect for others, sincerity, modesty, moderation, flexibility, loyalty, industriousness, patience, justice, obedience, prudence, audacity, humility, simplicity, friendship, understanding, and patriotism. Contains questions for self-assessment and teaching tips for each virtue.


Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Friendship: Living a Connected Life (Building Character Together)

Friendship: Living a Connected Life (Building Character Together) Review



Friendship: Living a Connected Life (Building Character Together) Feature

  • ISBN13: 9780310249917
  • Condition: New
  • Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
What does it take to build character? How do you instill godly qualities inside yourself that are displayed consistently through words, actions, and attitudes that reflect what Jesus himself is like? Building Character Together takes you and your small group inside the Bible to learn character-building lessons from some of its most compelling figures. In six enjoyable, interactive sessions, each volume in this six-volume series helps you deeply explore the complex issues of developing Christian character. Combining study, discussion, and shared experiences, here is a pathway to growth both individually and as a group. Explore the lives of David, Mary Magdalene, Jacob, and other men and women of the Bible. Learn lessons from their successes and failures and from their relationships with God and other people that you can readily link to yourself and your own life circumstances. Enjoy frank discussions that draw you and other group members deeper into each others' lives. And put it all into action in a one-day group retreat, a service project, a mini-mission work, and other experiences that help you make the leap from good words to good works.