June's Virtue is Charity

June's book is "Being Me" by Rosemary McCarney.  In this story, a young girl helps at a food bank and runs into one of her classmates there.  She spearheads a canned food drive, where each child contributes in their own special way.



June: Charity

May's Virtue is Compassion

May's book is "How to Heal a Broken Wing" by Bob Graham. It is a tender story about a boy who finds a bird with a broken wing. There are many people around, but no one stopped to help the bird, except for the boy. He and his parents take the bird home and nurse it back to health. Once the bird is well enough, he sets it free.














May's Virtue: Compassion

April's Virtue is Justice

When we began looking at this month's Virtue we found that choosing a book was difficult. The difficulty began with actually defining Justice for children and then finding an age appropriate read aloud that communicated the definition.  

We decided early on that this month would focus on Social Justice and wanted to create lessons that helped children understand the idea of basic human rights. We are fortunate to have many of our human rights met, so helping children to see that we can help others around the world enjoy what we have, was the goal. 

We found "Listen to the Wind" by Greg Mortenson, a book about a man who helped build a school for a village in Pakistan. It is written from a child's point of view and has beautiful artwork. It communicates how the villagers contributed to bettering their own community by assisting in the building of a school. Going to school is a basic human right, so having a school built is Justice.

If you have other book suggestions that you have found helpful in teaching Social Justice for young children (4-6 yr olds), please comment below, we would love to hear about other stories for this Virtue.




April: Justice

March's Virtue is Forgiveness

This month's book is "I Forgive You" by Nicole Lataif. It explores the need to be forgiven, as well as the importance of forgiving others through illustrations of common childhood scenarios. A special emphasis is placed on God's willingness to always forgive when we are truly sorry.




March: Forgiveness