Helping students know the good, choose the good, and desire the good.
Explore the world of character education with just a few clicks.
What We Do
Values & Virtues is a resource of impactful stories, questions, and thoughtful activities for educators, coaches, and parents.
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Virtues
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Activities
What We Offer
Explore our twelve highlighted virtues for grade levels from Pre-Kindergarten (ages 4-5) to Sixth grade (ages 10-11). Each virtue includes at least four captivating read-aloud stories, most available as engaging video content.
Every story is paired with companion content, featuring:
- A definition of the virtue
- A summary of the book
- Learning objectives
- Guiding questions to enhance comprehension and application of the virtue
Our Values & Virtues
Find easy-to-use, supportive resources that nurture your child’s emotional, behavioral, and social well-being, helping them thrive in every aspect of their growth.
Why Character Education?
How Families, Educators, and Communities Raise Good Children
We want children to develop their intellect to identify moral issues in complex situations.
Further, we want them to understand how to manage their emotions. We need to provide opportunities for children to engage in meaningful acts of service that benefit others.
Research shows that, on the foundation of moral excellence, children achieve academic success and perform significantly better than their peers at each grade level.
Every part of the learning environment offers opportunities to model and practice virtuous behavior. Simple daily acts, like a warm morning greeting or a kind smile, set the tone for fostering character.
Children can learn to build positive relationships by collaborating on science projects or engaging in group activities. Educators and caregivers can model the care and respect they hope to inspire in children.
Because parents, guardians, and caregivers make the greatest impact on children’s lives, schools and learning programs must work closely with them to support the development of character. In addition, schools should collaborate with community organizations where children can experience and contribute to genuine acts of service.
The school and broader learning community should serve as a model for society.
What greater need does our nation have than intelligent, ethical, and caring individuals who are dedicated to the common good?
Character education lays the foundation for strong families, public civility, constructive dialogue, and the ideals of justice and compassion. These values can be nurtured every day within classrooms and communities
How to use this site
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Navigate to the “Our Values And Virtues” page
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Select one of the Virtues
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Select a Grade Level
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Choose any Story you want, then Click on “Read Story”
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Listen to or Read the Story
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Click on “Companion Content” if you would like to access our Discussion Questions
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Click on “Begin Activities” to find the Activities that correspond to each Story or Virtue