Child's Book of Virtues

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  • January 7, 2010 at 2:23 am
    nerakr
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    I just picked up a copy of this (Bill Bennett’s book) at a thrift store today. Would a book of this type be considered Character Development and be read once a week?

    January 7, 2010 at 2:39 am
    Rachel White
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    I think so. You could probably add some notebooking or lapbooking to it. Also, maybe find Scripture to reinforce the character attribute taught in the story. I like to teach the children how to recognize Scriptural Truth (and untruth as found in “G-d Helps those who Helps themselves from Aesop) even within pagan stories, like what is found in many Classical Virtue stories, such as these.

    Rachel

    January 7, 2010 at 2:18 pm
    Bookworm
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    We have used this book and liked it.  Yes, we read it once a week, and it took us longer than a year to get through it, but that was OK.  I second Rachel’s suggestion to add Scriptures to the selections.  Also use them for discussion!

    January 7, 2010 at 5:01 pm
    SCMconvert
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    This is great, I just found the exact same book at a thrift store too.  Gotta love second hand shopping!

    January 7, 2010 at 5:02 pm
    Cindie2dds
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    This book has been one of our favorites.  We read it last year and I plan on reading it over and over for years to come.  It’s an amazing collection. 

    If anyone has a specific Scripture that they used with one of the stories and loved; I would like to hear.  Thanks!

    January 7, 2010 at 10:06 pm
    Cori
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    I love Bennett’s books.  We have the one on Virtues, Heroes and America.  The Child’s Book of Virtues is on the list for Sonlight which how I first heard about it.  I’ve since found all of them second hand.   My son really LOVES these stories and remembers them.  There are also videos based on these stories that I picked up from the library.

     

    January 7, 2010 at 11:01 pm
    Rachel White
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    For those of you using the non-child version of “Virtues” (though I guess you could use the Children’s selections from it) there is a free lesson plan:

    http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ShiverAcademy/Book+of+Virtues/

    Just scroll down and look on the right side border.

    Rache

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