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Books in DC Super Heroes Character Education series

  • Keeping Your Cool: Over Twenty-Five Anger Management Strategies for Kids

    Tamara A. Fackrell, Rylee Witbeck

    Paperback (Independently published, Aug. 1, 2019)
    This 6X9 paperback book is vital for your children's bookshelf! This is book 5 of the Character Education Heroes series that teaches your kids invaluable life skills at a young age. It teaches these lessons and skills through the six different communication styles: the Demanding Lion, the Convincing Fox, the Negotiating Zebra, the Teamworking Swan, the Listening Elephant, and the Avoiding Turtle.The purpose of this book is to help children identify and manage the strong emotion of anger. Anger blinds even adults, but this book will help kids recognize whats going on and has over 25 different strategies that they can utilize to diffuse that anger. This is a must have for every child!The more your child identifies, understands, and uses each of the six communication styles, the more your child can effectively deal with all types of people and problems. Understanding the six different methods of communication can transform your child into a Character Education Hero!This interactive series has an engaging story to teach character education principles, a symbol treasure for the children, and a character building plan.
  • Be a Good Listener: Character Education Heroes Series

    Tamara A Fackrell, Rylee Witbeck, Celeste Tuttle

    Paperback (Innovative Productions LLC, July 6, 2018)
    Being a good listener is one of the fundamental skills in character education. Good listening is required throughout your life and is used in many different circumstances. Good listening requires listening ears, listening eyes, a listening mouth, a listening brain, and a listening heart.The purpose of this book is to teach children to understand how to be a good listener. Each communication style has both positive and negative traits. In this book, the Convincing Fox is very good at expressing herself but not as good at listening to others. The Supporting Elephant is very good at listening but is not as good at speaking up for what he wants. Beyond listening, this book talks about the Supporting Elephant as having the courage to speak up and not to hold grudges.Reading and discussing the concepts in this book with your children can help teach them how to be good listeners, how to discover their voice, and how to self-soothe when problem solving. These skills will help your children become Character Education Heroes!The six communication animals are the Demanding Lion, Convincing Fox, Negotiating Zebra, Teamworking Swan, Supporting Elephant, and Avoiding Turtle. This Character Education Series teaches core values as children with the various communication styles interact in the stories. The goal of Character Education is to use the most effective communication style in any given circumstance.In this book you will see how a Supporting Elephant interacts with a Convincing Fox. The more your child identifies, understands, and utilizes each of the six communication styles, the more your child can effectively communicate with all types of people and problems. When you are with a Supporting Elephant, you should be a good listener. When you are with a Convincing Fox, you should speak up for what you want. One of the most effective techniques is to mirror the style of the person with whom you are interacting. Understanding the six different methods of communication can transform your child into a Character Education Hero!
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  • Respect

    Lucia Tarbox Raatma

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Describes respect as a virtue and suggests ways in which children can recognize and practice being respectful such as considering others' feelings.
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  • Caring

    Lucia Tarbox Raatma

    Paperback (Capstone Press, May 13, 2016)
    Describes caring as a virtue and suggests ways in which caring can be shown, such as recycling, donating to charity, helping others, and listening.
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  • Character Education: Grades K-6 Year 2

    John Heidel, Marion Lyman-Mersereau, Jennifer Streams, Marta Drayton

    Paperback (Incentive Publications, Jan. 1, 1999)
    Book two in a four book series which encompases a complete two year program of character education. Each year encompasses nine universal values - one value for each month of the school year. These values are taught through lessons from a variuety of cultures. As students learn about and practice a value each day by reading stories, participating in class discussions, and planning community service projects, that value will find a place in and have a positive influence on their daily decisions and actions.
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  • Overcoming the Automatic No: Being Patient

    Tamara A. Fackrell, Rylee Witbeck

    Paperback (Independently published, Feb. 1, 2019)
    The purpose of this book is to teach children to understand how to be patient and work with people who often say no. Being patient is an essential underlying skill for good communication and effective problem solving. Being patient requires children to control their moods when things are not going their way. Being patient also can help them to not give up on problem solving. With Demanding Lions, it takes time and patience to get from no to yes. With Team Working Swans, it is important to take time to develop creative options.Reading and discussing the concepts in this book with your children can help to teach them how to be patient, set boundaries, be transparent in problem solving, and brainstorm creative solutions. These skills will help your children to be Character Education Heroes!This interactive series has an engaging story to teach character education principles, a symbol treasure for the children, and a character building plan.
  • Courage

    Lucia Raatma

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Describes the virtue of courage, or the strength to take risks and complete hard jobs such as trying new things, saying no, or performing in front of a group.
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  • Responsibility

    Lucia Tarbox Raatma

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Describes responsibility as the virtue of being honest and suggests ways in which responsibility can be shown such as taking care of a pet, and completing homework and other school assignments.
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  • Patriotism

    Lucia Tarbox Raatma

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Describes patriotism as the virtue of being proud and loyal to the country and suggests ways in which patriotism can be shown such as learning the Pledge of Allegiance, flying the flag, and learning about how the government works.
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  • Friendliness

    Lucia Tarbox Raatma

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 1999)
    Describes friendliness as the virtue of being kind and helpful and suggests ways in which friendliness can be shown such as playing with others, helping other people, and greeting one another.
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  • Be a Good Listener

    Tamara A. Fackrell, Rylee Witbeck

    Paperback (Independently published, Dec. 25, 2018)
    Being a good listener is one of the fundamental skills in character education. Good listening is required throughout your life and is used in many different circumstances. Good listening requires listening ears, listening eyes, a listening mouth, a listening brain, and a listening heart.The purpose of this book is to teach children to understand how to be a good listener. Each communication style has both positive and negative traits. In this book, the Convincing Fox is very good at expressing herself but not as good at listening to others. The Supporting Elephant is very good at listening but is not as good at speaking up for what he wants. Beyond listening, this book talks about the Supporting Elephant as having the courage to speak up and not to hold grudges.Reading and discussing the concepts in this book with your children can help teach them how to be good listeners, how to discover their voice, and how to self-soothe when problem solving. These skills will help your children become Character Education Heroes!The six communication animals are the Demanding Lion, Convincing Fox, Negotiating Zebra, Teamworking Swan, Supporting Elephant, and Avoiding Turtle. This Character Education Series teaches core values as children with the various communication styles interact in the stories. The goal of Character Education is to use the most effective communication style in any given circumstance. In this book you will see how a Supporting Elephant interacts with a Convincing Fox. The more your child identifies, understands, and utilizes each of the six communication styles, the more your child can effectively communicate with all types of people and problems. When you are with a Supporting Elephant, you should be a good listener. When you are with a Convincing Fox, you should speak up for what you want. One of the most effective techniques is to mirror the style of the person with whom you are interacting. Understanding the six different methods of communication can transform your child into a Character Education Hero!
  • Generosity

    Lucia Raatma

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2002)
    Describes the virtue of generosity and suggests ways in which generosity can be shown such as giving and sharing with others, helping out, and volunteering.
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