| December 2022 Core Virtues News We are wishing you and yours a joyful and restorative holiday season! Whether we're setting up trees, menorahs, or creches, the December holidays invariably focus us outward: it is a month of giving and helping those in need. Our virtues are generosity, service, and charity. One special new focus (as part of generosity) is hospitality, which we define as "opening our hearts and homes to others." This is a great time of year to review with kids how we can be good hosts and gracious guests! In our blog, we suggest some role play. New for December: Hospitality Poster and Books In our Year One sequence we are featuring generosity and hospitality. Hospitality is a newcomer to the sequence, but not to most virtue traditions! Here is our new poster, now available with Year One orders . Also check out the box on our December page for our hospitality recommendations. Below are a few of our favorites. Hero of the Month Yes, we've featured him before, but you cannot go wrong with literary titan Charles Dickens as the exemplar of generosity, charity, and service. Though he became famous and wealthy, Dickens experienced firsthand childhood poverty and the degrading nineteenth century workhouse. His classic, A Christmas Carol, with its message of attending to those in need, was written in 1843. But it has never gone out of print. We offer a number of versions, abridged and unabridged, as well as a wide variety of illustrations for this classic story. Telling Our Stories The holidays and hospitality go together, and you're never too young to practice being a good host. Read More |
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We are wishing you and yours a joyful and restorative holiday season! Whether we're setting up trees, menorahs, or creches, the December holidays invariably focus us outward: it is a month of giving and helping those in need. Our virtues are generosity, service, and charity. One special new focus (as part of generosity) is hospitality, which we define as "opening our hearts and homes to others." This is a great time of year to review with kids how we can be good hosts and gracious guests! In our blog, we suggest some role play. | |
New for December: Hospitality Poster and Books | |
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In our Year One sequence we are featuring generosity and hospitality. Hospitality is a newcomer to the sequence, but not to most virtue traditions! Here is our new poster, now available with Year One orders.
Also check out the box on our December page for our hospitality recommendations. Below are a few of our favorites.
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Yes, we've featured him before, but you cannot go wrong with literary titan Charles Dickens as the exemplar of generosity, charity, and service. Though he became famous and wealthy, Dickens experienced firsthand childhood poverty and the degrading nineteenth century workhouse. His classic, A Christmas Carol, with its message of attending to those in need, was written in 1843. But it has never gone out of print. We offer a number of versions, abridged and unabridged, as well as a wide variety of illustrations for this classic story. | |
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Telling Our Stories
The holidays and hospitality go together, and you're never too young to practice being a good host.
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