What Do You Stand For? for Kids: A Guide to Building Character

by Barbara A. Lewis

Discover the positive qualities inside you - and strengthen your character every day.What Do You Stand For? For Kids helps kids ages 8-13 discover what character means, recognize the positive qualities they already have, and explore character traits they can continue to strengthen. Through true stories, thought-provoking "What If?" situations, inspiring quotations, and engaging activities, kids learn about good character while considering their own choices, relationships, and everyday experiences.Discover Your Character Kid-friendly checklists and activities encourage children to think about who they are, what's important to them, and the positive qualities they want to develop and strengthen.Explore Positive Character Learn about caring, citizenship, cooperation, fairness, forgiveness, honesty, relationships, respect, responsibility, and safety - and discover why these qualities matter in everyday life.Think Through Real-Life "What If?" situations invite kids to consider choices where the best answer isn't always clear. Children can think, write, discuss, or role-play different situations while learning to listen to others, consider different ideas, and disagree respectfully.Learn from Stories and True stories about children introduce each character trait, while quotations, definitions, background information, and hands-on activities help kids understand and practice what they're learning.Build Your Character Work on one character trait for a day, a week, or a month; read the chapters in order; or jump directly to topics that spark interest. Reproducible activities and checklists give kids additional ways to explore themselves, their relationships, daily responsibilities, and safety.
A Flexible Character-Building Resource for Perfect for independent reading or shared use with parents, teachers, and other caring adults, What Do You Stand For? For Kids encourages meaningful conversations about values and choices. At home, in the classroom, or with a group, kids can strengthen positive character and discover the kind of person they want to become.

Genres: Childrens, Parenting, Nonfiction, Education, Self Help

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Barbara A. Lewis is a national award-winning author and educator who teaches kids how to think and solve real problems. Her students at Jackson Elementary School in Salt Lake City, Utah, initiated the cleanup of hazardous waste, improved sidewalks, planted thousands of trees, and fought crime. They instigated and pushed through several state laws and an amendment to a national law, garnering 10 national awards, including two President's Environmental Youth Awards, the Arbor Day Award, the Renew America Award, and Pledge and a Promise Environmental Award. They have also been recognized in the Congressional Record three times.

Barbara has been featured in/on many national newspapers, magazines, and news programs, including Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, Family Circle, CBS This Morning, CBS World News, and CNN. She has also written many articles and short stories for national magazines. Her books for Free Spirit Publishing — What Do You Stand For? For Kids; What Do You Stand For? For Teens; The Kid's Guide to Social Action; Kids with Courage; The Kid's Guide to Service Projects; The Teen Guide to Global Action; and The Survival Guide for Teachers of Gifted Kids — have won Parenting's Reading Magic Award and been named "Best of the Best for Children" by the American Library Association, among other honors.

Barbara has lived in Indiana, New Jersey, Switzerland, Belgium, Utah, and Poland. She and her husband, Larry, currently reside in Park City, Utah. They have four children: Mike, Andrea, Chris, and Sam; five perfect grandchildren; and a forest of shy deer, a bold moose, busy squirrels, and feathered friends.

Reviews

[EmJ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Do not read

[Tracey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Using this with my students right now. They really like the book.

[JaNel]

p. 7 Quiz

[Soul Rhallin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found a lot of good material in this book. My son hates to write, but is very imaginative, and this bok provided a lot of ideas or us to open communication for and build stories on.

[Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is good information for kids to have. All you have to do is get them to read it. This book ios published by Free Spirit Publishing Co and they have other worthwhile titles for kids.

[Meg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource for social emotional learning. Only issue is that it is U.S. Based and so some of the scenarios don't relate to Australian kids.