Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Crafty Character

"Character is what you are in the dark." Unknown












Jude is my little explorer baby, he found the big box of oatmeal packages and takes one in each fist and drags them all over the house until they bust open.
So tonight I decided to make him some bean bags. They were really quick to sew up and I put them inside the empty oatmeal box for him to "find".
This week with the older four/five we are working on *truthfulness*. We made this poster for our dining room to remind us of being truthful. The Lion you see here is to remind us that lions never lie, you can always tell what a lion is going to do by his ears and tail. The other things are to encourage others to be truthful, do not cheat or steal, admit when you are wrong, and do not exaggerate. I told them a few stories from when I was a little girl and lied and how it made everything so much worse. Children just love to hear stories about mom and dad.


"The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born." William R. Inge

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