Connecting with Kids: Perseverance/Responsibility/Tolerance

An excellent teaching tool that presents crucial life lessons in a creative, practical way, the six-volume series Connecting with Kids treats character attributes as skills that can be acquired and practiced much like any other ability. Each volume features three segments, each exploring a different character quality that is defined in sound bites from various race- and age- diverse children, and then illustrated through a true-life profile. In the title Perseverance/Responsibility/Tolerance, for example, tolerance is memorably demonstrated in the friendship of Cory, who is white, and Jason, who is black--kids who are not only honest and articulate, but have a "cool" factor that makes their story readily accessible to the target audience. Great interview subjects, creative edits, and a simple but effective structure will help this very-easy-to-swallow child guidance "medicine" go down. The other titles in the series (series price: $349) are: Helpfulness/Kindness/Loyalty, Courage/Diligence/Caring, Self-Control/Fairness/Togetherness, Honesty/Freedom/Courtesy, and Generosity/Trustworthiness/Cooperation. Highly recommended. Aud: E, I, J. (E. Gieschen)