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Living Values Activities Books 
This series offers a variety of experiential activities for teachers and parents 

Living Values Education (LVE) is a values education programme. It offers teachers and facilitators a variety of experiential values activities and practical methodologies to enable children and young adults to explore and develop 12 key universal values: Cooperation, Freedom, Happiness, Honesty, Humility, Love, Peace, Respect, Responsibility, Simplicity, Tolerance and Unity. LVE also has special materials for use with parents and caregivers, children affected by war and children affected by earthquakes.

In the months ahead, we'll be bringing into focus each of the values covered by LVE, excerpting from the books selected ideas and activities on each value. We start with the value of Peace as when teachers are taking up LVE we always suggest that they start with Peace. It is the foundation of many other values and it has been our consistent experience that all students are concerned about a peaceful world - even those who may actively fight. They are almost invariably finding the peace activities to be relevant and interesting while teachers appreciate the way the activities help reduce resistance and lack of motivation in certain students.

In its purest form, peace is inner silence filled with the power of truth. Peace is the prominent characteristic of what we call ‘a civilized society,’ and the character of a society can be seen through the collective consciousness of its members. 

  - Living Values: A Guidebook 

So what does peace mean to you? What is peace? When do you feel most peaceful? What do peaceful relationships give to the world? Do parents teach peace most powerfully when they are peaceful? How effectively can  we teach it if we're not at peace ourselves? What would a peaceful world be like? We invite you to use this focus on peace, perhaps to reflect on peace a couple of times in the next few days or do one of your favourite activities that give you that experience. You can read an excerpt on peace from Living Values: A Guidebook to stimulate thought; please click as indicated below for activities on Peace for Parents, Children and Young Adults. Young adults may wish to explore a few of the ideas with family or friends while parents may wish to take up some of the activities with their children. And do let us know how you get on or if you've got other experiences or activities you'd like to share! 

"Peace must begin with each one of us.
Through quiet and serious reflection on its meaning, new and creative ways 
can be found to foster understanding, friendships and co-operation among all peoples."

Mr. Javier Perez De Cuellar,
Secretary-General of the United Nations, September, 1986