Character Moments for Families – Integrity

Below are three easy ideas to stimulate family conversation and activity to explore character concepts, aligned with your child’s school PACE character education program.

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  • Explore this month’s character trait through these books available from the Spokane County Library District.
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Good Character Reading!

Spokane County Library Suggests…

Summer Reading List

June: Integrity – Living a set of values which includes honesty, respect for others, and a sense of personal responsibility

K-2

Hard Work,…

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Character Moments for Families

Below are three easy ideas to stimulate family conversation and activity to explore character concepts, aligned with your child’s school PACE character education program.

Links:

  • Explore this month’s character trait through these books available from the Spokane County Library District.
Read more ›

Good Character Reading!

Spokane County Library Suggests…
May Reading List

Courage:
Displaying integrity in spite of obstacles and challenges

K-2
Get Me Out of This Book!: Rules and Tools for Being Brave / Kalli Dakos
Gittel’s Journey: an Ellis Island Story / Lesléa Newman
I am Courage: a Book of Resilience / Susan Verde
A Little Bit Brave / Nicola Kinnear
Paolo,…

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Guest Column: Courage

Courage – Displaying integrity despite obstacles and challenges.

By Spokane Valley Fire Department Fire Chief, Frank Soto Jr.

 

The fire service is an industry where firefighters are the first-line problem solvers in the communities they service….

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Good Character Reading!

Spokane County Library Suggests…
April Reading List

Trustworthiness:
Inspiring complete reliability and confidence in his/her truthfulness, integrity, and discretion

K-2
Clark the Shark Gets a Pet / Bruce Hale,…

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Guest Column: Trustworthiness

The words of Indira Gandhi ring often, and loudly, in my ears: “You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.”

Amidst a time during which so much of what we may have once thought normal or predictable has been disrupted,…

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Character Moments for Families – March

Below are three easy ideas to stimulate family conversation and activity to explore character concepts, aligned with your child’s school PACE character education program.

March – Diligence
Persistence, dedication and hard work

  • TALK – use this prompt to start a conversation with your family about this month’s character trait:
    Read the definition of diligence.
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Guest Column: Diligence

Diligence…the habit of being persistent and making hard-working effort in your work or duties. Actively practicing diligence may be one of the more difficult to master, however, because its application applies in every aspect of our waking hours. It is a character trail that is instilled at an early age and continues through every phase of our lives.  …

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Good Character Reading!

Spokane County Library Suggests…
Diligence Reading List

March – Diligence: Persistence, dedication, and hard work
 
K-2
You can do it, Noisy Nora! / Rosemary Wells (2020)
Catkwondo / Lisl H….

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Guest Column: February

Honesty by Jackson Redder, Cheney High School Senior

Honesty. We all probably know what it means and have heard the clique “Honesty is the best policy”. This is something that has been instilled in us since a young age….

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Character Moments for Families – Honesty

Below are three easy ideas to stimulate family conversation and activity to explore character concepts, aligned with your child’s school PACE character education program.

February – Honesty
Sincerity and reverence or love for the truth

  • TALK – use this prompt to start a conversation with your family about this month’s character trait:
    Why is it good to be honest?
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