The weekly holidays include children as authors and illustrators as well as random act of kindness.
The monthly holidays relate to black history, friendship, library lovers, bake for family fun, dental health, hot breakfast, snack food, and youth leadership.
Activity for the Virtue of Love
Following are the holidays that remind us of a virtue shown in parenthesis.
Take time to talk about ways to practice one or more of the virtues.
Discuss with children how they can practice one or more virtues shown in red below.
Please describe a heartfelt conversation that you had with someone on love.
Submit your stories about Love at the bottom of the post:
- Cancer Day (Caring or prayerfulness)
- Give a Compliment Day (Thoughtfulness)
- Smile at someone Day (Love)
- Take a Child to the library (Friendliness)
- Valentine’s Day (Love)
- Humble (Humility)
- Eat Right (Respect for the body)
- Authors and Illustrators Day (Creativity)
- Acts of Kindness Day (Kindness)
- Friendship Day (Friendliness)
- Family Fun Day (Joyfulness or Cooperation)
- Dental Health Day (Cleanliness)
- Hot Breakfast Day (Respect)
- Snack Food Day (Moderation)
My Affirmation:
I am a loving person.
Love is the most powerful force in the universe!
BOOKS TO READ
It is a good idea to talk about the front and back book cover with children before reading.
Ask and answer “what do you think” questions.
To encourage critical thinking at any age you can ask a “what if” question such as What if every child could hear a story before they go to sleep at night or What if boys and girls heard someone tell them you are a loving person or I love you?
I Am a Loving Person:
The Ultimate Kids Guide to Making the World a Better Place by Vera Taylor.
Purchase today!
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn is about a racoon’s separation from his mother when he went to school for the first time. A “What if” question could be this one. What if adults show love to children to help them overcome sadness or separation of any kind? You can find a dramatic reading of this story on the Internet.
About the Author
Vera Smoot Taylor teaches child caregivers how to foster child well-being. Well-being is developed by early positive experiences and leads to normal brain development. Also, well-being is linked to happiness. Happiness is recognizable by high self-esteem, respect for all, follow through, love of learning, problem solving, and giving back. To supplement her teaching, Vera created a few basic resources that support brain development in three areas:
1. Spiritual and intellectual learning
2. Mental and emotional health
3. Relations and social behaviors
Vera’s work experience spans more than 35 years in public schools, private industry, and medical education. She served as a volunteer faculty for The Parent University in Atlanta. She currently serves on a national committee developing a course on spiritual parenting for racial justice.
Born and raised in WV, Vera lives in Georgia with her husband of 58 years. She enjoys country music, line dancing, and preparing meals that heal body illnesses. A special day is ‘back-porch swinging” with a friend.
