Character Education Girls in 4th, 5th, 6th Grades

Today I held a Character Education Class with the girls in the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades during each classes PE time. As it 'tis the season, we talked about Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa, and the Winter Solstice. Most of the conversations centered around Christmas and each of the girl's perceptions of that holiday. Many of them spoke about "things" and "stuff", so we went in-depth on the true meaning of Christmas and the spirit of the season. While I know every family has their own traditions based on their own individual spiritual beliefs, I wanted to touch on the general concepts of goodwill and gratitude. We spoke at length about gratitude and what it means to each of them. We also discussed how each of them can individually show gratitude. We also did a "gratitude" adjustment exercise where each of them wrote nice things on a note card about the others in their small group.

I hope this Character Ed class reminded each of your daughters how lucky they are and the power they have to effect change on another person's life through their choices each day. I also hope that each of you will model gratitude, goodwill, thankfulness, and peace to each of your children not only this holiday season, but each and every day!

I will be tackling the boys and the 3rd grade on Monday!