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

February's Virtue is Honesty

February's book is "Doug-Dennis and the Flyaway Fib" by Darren Farrell. It is about two friends and one tells a fib. He then discovers that when you tell a lie, sometimes things can get out of control and that it is better to tell the truth from the beginning.



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February: Honesty

January's Virtue is Courage

The book "If I Never Forever Endeavor" written by Holly Meade is about a little bird that is afraid to fly. The bird considers it's options for overcoming it's fears which makes it a great story to show how courage is about trying to do something even if it is scary or difficult.




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January: Courage

***The original link for "David is Brave" has changed.  Please click above for the revised package with the updated link.  The Bible story is now called "David and Goliath"***

December's Virtue is Humility

The book for this month is "Fool Moon Rising" by Kristi and T. Lively Fluharty. It is about the moon and how important he feels he is. This book recognizes that God is the source of all that we have and that we should show appreciation to God for these gifts.

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December: Humility

November's Virtue is Peacemaking

November's book is "Field of Peace" by Joyce Meyer.  This story about a baseball team shows how important it is to make the choice to get along with others.

                                                         
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November: Peacemaking

October's Virtue is Respect

October's book is "Kode's Quest(ion)". It is written by Katherena Vermette, a Canadian author. The book is one of seven, that are available separately, but all focus on the Seven Teachings of First Nation peoples.

                                                         
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October: Respect

Our Catholic Virtue project in ELKP has begun!

We are excited to share with you the beginning of what will hopefully be an exciting and fruitful project for our students and others we can share with. Beginning this school year, we have introduced our students to a new way of learning about our Catholic Virtues. These lessons include an age appropriate, high quality children's book and a story from the Bible to help support their understanding of these complex concepts.

In the months that follow, we will post new our lessons and the books we are using to fulfill these goals.