Growing Good Kids: 28 Activities to Enhance Self-Awareness, Compassion, and Leadership

by Deb Delisle, James R. Delisle, Jim Delisle

Created by teachers and classroom-tested, these fun and meaningful enrichment activities build children's skills in problem solving, decision making, cooperative learning, divergent thinking, and communication while promoting self-awareness, tolerance, character development, and service. Kids create books, write stories, resolve to help others, explore their own values, discover why mistakes can sometimes be beneficial, practice patience, and more in projects that combine enjoyment with learning.

157 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1996

Reviews

[Sumiko · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seems like a good source of ideas for elementary school classrooms (Gr 3-5). I found a couple of ideas I can use for my girl scout troop, but most activities are too old for my first graders, or seemed more ‘classroom’ than ‘girl scout’ in nature – they seem to align better to a literature or writing curriculum rather than ideas for leadership, teambuilding, service projects or practical activities. However, Writing Heartfelt Letters and Person-To-Person service project (under the 10 cent links project) sparked some interesting ideas for activities.