Teaching Character At Your Fingertips
Our mission is to build a firm foundation for children to establish strong civic values.
Children are the future. Today's world is different than yesterdays world in so many regards, however, teaching, reinforcing and modeling good character to our children and youth remains the same. Character never goes out of style, so choose wisely, your children are watching you.
With the Holiday season already here, Characters of Character has written blogs and created content for you to use at home or in your classroom, youth organizaiton or the community. It's a great opportunity to introduce these traits to your children.Our website is being updated and will soon have individual pages for the characters with our newest publications of books, tee shirts and more, just for you! We hope you follow us to learn more as we continue to make a difference in the life of a child. Allow me to introduce the Characters of Character to you!
Behavior Bear teaches children that good behavior is a characteristic to portray at home, at school, and at play. Be a role model, use good behavior each and everyday. Click here for Positive Reinforcements and Certificates to present to your children for their good behavior. Encourage them!
Do’er Duck teaches children about perseverance and what it means to never give up. Do’er Duck also assists in instilling why it’s an important character trait to carry on in life and knowing the difference between when it’s okay to walk away and when you could continue striving. Click herefor tips to teach perseverance.
Friendship Frog teaches children what a healthy friendship looks like, how to be a good friend to others, and why having friendships is so important in life. Click here for tips to teach friendship.
Healthy Hippo teaches children that having a healthy mind is also important when it comes to maintaining healthy habits. Click here for tips to teach healthy habits to your children.
Manners Monkey teaches children what being polite means and how to display good
manners in every situation from home to play, and everywhere in between. Click here for tips to teach manners to your children. Click here for a Manners Monkey Thanksgiving activity! Click here for another Manners Monkey Thanksgiving activity!
Respectful Rabbit teaches children what it means to show respect to people, places, and things. Respectful Rabbit reminds everyone that respect is earned - and why it’s such an important character trait in our every day lives. Click here for tips to teach respect to your children.
Responsible Rabbit teaches children what being responsible means and that we are each responsible for our own actions and behaviors. Responsible Rabbit also reminds children that they are responsible for cleaning their own room, their own attitude, and why being responsible for our things and actions is so important. Click here for tips to teach a child to be responsible.
Self-Esteem Elephant teaches children to like who they are and be proud of the person they are becoming. Self-Esteem Elephant encourages children to be confident with the decisions they make - including their own behavior. Click here for tips to teach self-esteem to your children. Teaching positive affirmations is also helpful.
Warm-Hearted Walrus teaches children to be kind, compassionate, and warmhearted. Warm-Hearted Walrus helps children understand and internalize what being kind truly means and how they can make the world a kinder place. Click here for tips to teach kindness. Click here for more tips and an activity coloring book to help teach kindness.
Cute aren't they! Kids embrace the cuteness at a young age and as they continue to grow and learn the cuteness goes to the wayside and the trait is embedded into their being. It's never to late to discuss these vital core values with your children, engage them in conversations, activities and above all, be a role model because they are watching you and listening to you although you may not think so! Our books are available on Amazon, Barnes-and-Noble and Books-a-Million. Our newsletters offer FREE resources to use with your children or students to build a firm foundation of strong civic values. Feel free to reach out. to Joni at anytime! We love meeting new people and places.