Living Values Education Activities for
Children Ages 3-7 - Children Ages 8-14 - Young Adults - Green Values
Living Values Education Activities for Children Ages 3-7, Book 1 and Book 2
Overview
Young children naturally develop values-based behaviour in a values-based atmosphere. The child-centred activities in the updated and expanded Living Values Activities books for children ages three to seven include circle groups with discussions and reflections on values, peace tents and the opportunity to enjoy and explore values through imagining exercises, stories, "Quietly Being" exercises, songs, games, art, play, movement and a myriad of values activities. Activities for developing intrapersonal and interpersonal social and emotional skills, including communication skills, inclusive and protective social skills and conflict resolution, are included. The activities foster the development of peaceful, caring cooperative social skills, and involve children affectively, cognitively, socially and artistically. Some of the activities can be adapted for children two years of age.
The eight values units in Living Values Education Activities for Children Ages 3-7, Book 1 are Peace I, Respect I, Love and Caring, Tolerance, Honesty, Happiness, Responsibility, and Simplicity and Caring for our Earth and Her Oceans. Book 1 is designed to be used during the first year of implementing the Living Values Education approach and alternate years. Living Values Education Activities for Children Ages 3-7, Book 2 contains another eight values units: Peace II, Respect II, Cooperation, Brave and Gentle, Humility, Another Value We Love, Freedom and Unity. It is designed for the second year of implementation and subsequent alternate years.
Publication Date:
Living Values Education Activities for Children Ages 3-7, Book 1: 2 January 2019
8 ½" x 11" "” 260 pages
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Upcoming Publication Date:
Living Values Education Activities for Children Ages 3-7, Book 2: 2020
Rainbow Library Activities Booklets for Children Ages 3-7, Book 1
Free Downloads - eBook download for reading online or self-print option and copying. Provide Activities For Everyone - Teachers, Care Givers, Parents, Individuals, Special Interest Areas, Living Values for Self and Community Development.
Activities in these booklets are adapted from Living Values Education Activities for Children Ages 3-7, Book 1
ATTENTION TEACHERS - PLEASE NOTE: for Rainbow Booklets in other languages we are able to provide the document in Word Docx so that it may be translated into any language using Google Translate. Request from resources@livingvalues.net
Introduction and Overview
Part B Appendix
Unit 1 Peace
Unit 2 Respect
Unit 3 Love and Caring
Unit 4 Tolerance
Unit 5 Honesty
Unit 6 Happiness
Unit 7 Responsibility
Unit 8 Simplicity and Caring for the Earth and her Oceans
Download the full set of Rainbow Booklets for Children Ages 3-7, Book 1 here »
Posters for Children Ages 3-7
Living Values Education posters are Reflection Points for each value. They are offered to assist and remind students and others seeking values awareness the various qualities of each value. They can be printed as an A4 page in colour and easily displayed. They can also be increased in size to A3 (bigger) and used as display posters in the classroom.
Download Posters: The .docx versions allow for language translation.
| Happiness | docx | |
| Honesty | docx | |
| Love | docx | |
| Peace | docx | |
| Respect | docx | |
| Responsibility | docx | |
| Simplicity | docx | |
| Tolerance | docx |
Download FREE Songs in mp3 / wav format
A variety of songs are included in the LVE lessons for children ages three to seven. You can download the songs to hear the melody or to play them for the children. Children benefit in many ways from learning and singing the songs together - and doing so builds feelings of happiness and belonging.
- I Am a Peaceful Star
- Something Kind
- These Little Hands
- Each One of Us Is Beautiful
- In Your Shoes
- True Blue Friend
- Share
- If Someone Says I Love You
- Happy Children
- Smile
- The Rainbow Song
- The Happy Stars
- Star Song
- My Wings
- Friends Make the World Go 'Round
- Let Us Clap Together
- You're Tops
- Monster
Credits:
Max and Marcia Nass were the creators and performing artists for the songs: "Something Kind," "True Blue Friends," "Share," "Smile," "Friends Make the World Go Round," "Monster," and "In Your Shoes."
Marneta Viegas, Christine Bell, and Alan Beschi were the performing artists for the remainder of the songs above.
M. Nella wrote the song: "You're Tops"
Diana Hsu wrote the songs: "These Little Hands," "If Someone Says I Love You," "Happy Children," "The Rainbow Song," "The Happy Stars" and "Star Song".
Diane Tillman wrote the songs: "I Am a Peaceful Star," "Each One of Us Is Beautiful" and "My Wings".
Download FREE Stories used in Living Values Education Activities for Children Ages 3-7, Book 1
The creators of the Joy of Reading Project kindly gave permission to the Association for Living Values Education International for the posting of some of their stories on this website. They also gave their permission to offer them for free download. The stories below were chosen because of their relevance to a particular value. Each pdf file states the values unit and lesson in which the story is included; the name of the story and author are stated in the relevant lesson of the book.
Peace I, Ages 3 - 4, Lesson 7 . . . "The Way I Feel" by Janan Cain
Peace I, Ages 3 - 7, Lesson 9 . . . "Simon's Hook" by Karen Gedig Burnett
Peace I, Ages 3 - 7, Lesson 14 . . . "Because of You" by B. G. Hennessy and Hiroe Nakata
Respect I, Ages 3 - 6, Lesson 7 . . . "Hands Are Not for Hitting" by Martina Agassi and Marieka Heinlen
Respect I, Age 7, Lesson 7 . . . "Bully B.E.A.N.S." by Julia Cook
Love Ages 3 - 7, Lesson 3 . . . "The Invisible String" by Patrice Karst
Love Ages 3 - 7, Lesson 9 . . . "Little Mouse, I Love You" by Dugald Steer
Love Ages 5 - 7, Lesson 9 . . "Library Lion" by Michelle Knudsen and Kevin Hawkes
Love Ages 6 - 7, Lesson 9 . . . "Lin Yi´s Lantern" by Brenda Williams
Love Ages 3 - 7, Lesson 14 . . . "My body belongs to me from my head to my toes" by Pro Familia
Tolerance Ages 5 - 7, Lesson 8 . . . "Suki's Kimono" by Chieri Uegaki
Tolerance Ages 3 - 5, Lesson 8 . . . "Whoever you are" by Mem Fox and Leslie Staub
Honesty Ages 3 - 7, Lesson 11 . . . "Jade and the Giant" by Todd Rice @1995, 2005 - in mp3 format
Honesty Ages 3 - 7, Lesson 12 . . . "One Seed" by Rosemary Phillips
Simplicity Ages 3 - 6, Lesson 8 . . . "Mortimer's First Garden" by Karma Wilson
Simplicity Ages 3 - 7, Lesson 8 . . . "A Caterpillar Grows Up" by Edith Hunter; adapted from The Family Finds Out
Simplicity Ages 6 - 7, Lesson 8 . . . "Anju and the Stream" by R. P. Subramanian and Tamal Basu