Activities for interpersonal social skills development, including conflict resolution, are included. Activities foster the development of peaceful, cooperative social skills, involving the children not only cognitively and socially, but also artistically. Educators can send for cassettes of songs to accompany the book. Some activities are appropriate for children two years of age. Values are explained in both simple and abstract ways.
Children experience values through imagining exercises, focusing exercises, and songs.
Peaceful social skills and cooperative behaviors are positively developed through discussion, play, cooperative games, and applying social skills. Making values their own is nurtured through artistic activities, creative writing, and skits. A wide range of issues and personal and emotional skills are broached in this program in order to involve students 15-years and older in an enjoyable but serious exploration of values in relation to the self, others, the society, and the world. Core values lessons are offered in addition to ideas for different subject areas. To download a free PDF reader , click here .