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GENEROSITY: Realizing that I am a trustee of all I have and
using everything for that best purpose.
Vs. Selfish
- SUGGESTED READING:
The Giving Tree
Wolf's Favor
Fox and the Hound
- SUGGESTED SONGS:
Giving All Around
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
- Parents, please answer these questions with your child: I could be
generous to my family by . I could be generous to my friends by .
- Together with your children donate your time to help a good cause
by working for a charity, church, or other activity that helps
others.
- Praise your children when they do something right and encourage
them to praise each other.
CLASS ACTIVITY:
- Encourage students to bring cupcakes or cookies on their birthdays
to share with the class. This will give them the opportunity to see
that giving brings rewards just as great as receiving.
- Select a story from the newspaper about a generous person and
write a short paper about that person and their generous deed.
- Encourage students to praise other students without expecting
anything in return.
HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY:
- While teachers are always willing to answer questions, they should
also encourage students to go to other students with questions about
assignment problems or research. Students should be encouraged to
help each other at all times.
- Select a politically neutral local charity and take a class
collection to benefit that charity.
"We don't need more strength or ability or greater
opportunity. What we need is to use what we have." -Basil S.
Walsh
"It is better to give than to receive." -American
Proverb
"The more he cast away the more he had." -John
Bunyan
"If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does,
it must be by what he gives." -Robert South
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