Character & Manners

Integrating living books into your child’s studies can be challenging, because there’s so much to choose from! Beautiful Feet’s Teaching Character Through Literature for Kindergarten through Grade 6 provides you with a road map for choosing the best tales, myths, and fiction for your homeschool, all with an eye towards character development. A list of 12 carefully chosen books for Primary (grades K – 3) and for Intermediate (grades 4 – 6) levels are paired with discussion prompts designed to draw character lessons out of the stories. Each title has been picked for its literary value as well as the character traits exhibited by the heroes and heroines. Bible verses are provided along with memorization cards to make it easy to incorporate these essential truths into your child's daily habits. A reading list of favorite adaptations of Bible stories is also included.  Primary has 13 lessons and Intermediate has 50 lessons. 62 pages, softcover. Grades K – 6.

Help your child develop the social skills they need to make and keep friends and be polite and respectful to everyone else. With 50 engaging activities on bright, colorful pages, Social Skills Activities for Kids gives children the confidence to successfully navigate social situations at home, school, and the world in between. From keeping the conversation ball moving to learning to compromise to practicing good table manners, decoding body language and social cues and respecting personal space, these activities, which include up-to-date topics like bullying and social media, help kids develop and use their social skills super powers. 152 pages, softcover. Ages 6 to 8.

The Berenstain Bears Values and Virtues Treasury is an illustrated collection of eight of everyone's favorite Berenstain Bears books, in one volume. Children will love learning about biblical values in a fun, heartwarming way. Stories included: Kindness Counts, The Golden Rule, Show Some Respect, The Forgiving Tree, Love Their Neighbors, Patience Please, Do The Right Thing, and Honesty Counts. 264 pages, hardcover. Ages 4 to 8.

Go up, up, and away in this inspiring and whimsically illustrated story! When kids work together using their unique skills, they fill the sky with a bounty of blue, pink, orange, green, and yellow hot-air balloons---and discover how creativity, diversity, and acceptance can make the world a more beautiful place. Celebrate your child’s one-of-a-kind strengths and differences so they can share their talents and abilities, show kindness, and take care of one another. 32 pages, hardcover. Ages 4 to 8.

Build character and reading skills at the same time with this set of character-building readers! This set includes six readers that feature full color photographs and illustrations along with repetitive, enjoyable, texts that are just right for kids who are learning to read. Each reader is 16 pages, softcover. Grades K – 3.

This 6-book set includes:

• You Can Count on Me: Learning about Responsibility
• Be a Friend: Learning about Friendship and Fairness
• Show You Understand: Learning about Compassion and Caring
• Working Together: Learning about Cooperation and Citizenship
• Sharing is Caring: Learning about Generosity
• Everyone is Special and Unique: Learning about Acceptance