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The Little Sparrow Curriculum Student Workbook 1-10
Using the medium of poetry and character-building materials; that encourage critical thinking and literacy proficiency.
The Little Sparrow Curriculum Teacher's Guide 1-10
Using the medium of poetry and character-building materials; that encourage critical thinking and literacy proficiency.
Publications by Shirley Cox Walthour
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Creator of The Little Sparrow
Shirley Walthour
After several years in the classroom, I realized that my students needed instruction on HOW to be kind, respectful, and all the things I was asking them to be. I developed these units to support teachers in teaching and rewarding good character in the classroom!
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The Little Sparrow Adventure Curriculum
A Life Skills Curriculum
Designed to assist students in the middle grades (4th – 6th) with values clarification that lead to quality decision-making and increased social skills throughout their lives. Its’ unique approach using the creative medium of poetry makes it fun and easy for adults, parents, and teachers to address numerous character traits, which are often encompassed within each Lesson and Poem.
The Little Sparrow Adventure Curriculum
A Life Skills Curriculum, is designed to assist students in the middle grades (4th & 5th) with values clarification that lead to quality decision-making and increased social skills throughout their lives. Its’ unique approach using the creative medium of poetry makes it fun and easy for adults, parents, and teachers to address numerous character traits, which are often encompassed within each Lesson and Poem.
The Little Sparrow Adventure Curriculum, a literacy-based curriculum, provides instruction that integrates social skills development, language arts, writing and reasoning. Activities require inductive and deductive reasoning thus contributing to academic, social, and emotional development.
Learning activities include
- Critical thinking questions
- Spelling and vocabulary building exercises
- Creative writing, poetry, drawing and Journaling
- Life Lesson applications and Group discussions
- Reflections
- Activities: Word Search Puzzles, Word Wall Games, Question and Answer Games, and more
- Pre and Post Tests
Resources on Character Education
See below links to resources that supports the Character Education Agenda.