The Virtues Project Educator's Guide: Simple Ways to Create a Culture of Character

by Linda Kavelin Popov

The Virtues Project: An Educator's Guide (K-12) is an excellent guide to empower children to lift each other up instead of putting each other down. It contains virtues honored by all cultures and traditions as the best within us and is honored by the United Nations as a model program for children of all cultures. This practical guide, containing 52 virtues, was designed to develop respect, compassion, commitment, and cooperation, (and more!) in children grades K-12. The book offers proven methods for counselors, teachers, caregivers, and youth leaders to create a culture of character in a classroom, school, or a club. This educator's guide gives academic leaders and other caregivers of children a way to empower children to make moral choices, deal with grief and loss, and resolve problems using their own inner strength. The book includes restorative justice techniques that are easy for teachers at all grade levels to use.

Genres: Education

246 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

Reviews

[Vikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellence guidance on how to encourage positive behavior in children. It gave definitions for virtues and examples of ways to practice them.

[Lynette · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful resource for teachers who wish to impart any kind of character-building to their students. It builds on the original Virtues Guide and really gets to the heart of bringing out the best in children. Practical and easy to use.

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

The front section of the book is informative text, while the back half is full of easy to use copy materials and activities. Great to promote positive behavior in your classroom!

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Popov has created a brilliant program that I used in several advisory groups and promoted with several districts to implement to make even greater gains in student achievement - but what standard addresses that?

[Serene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you want your kids to be more positive with and to each other? Do you want to raise good children to be great adults? This is the book for you. Simple ways of speaking and teaching virtues that are fun, easy and work.

[Jared Pangier · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book itself: 3.6/5
The project, idea, and chosen virtues: 5/5

A necessary reminder for how we can all continue to improve our day-to-day lives.