character critters
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Character Critters Program training presentatiion.TRANSCRIPT
Character CrittersA character education program for
preschool children and their parents
Kim JonesRebecca White
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE
LSU AGCENTER
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Why Early Character Education for Preschoolers?
Character education has been identified as a key need for children
Why Early Character Education for Preschoolers?
Research indicates the foundation for moral development is strongly influenced in the very early years of a child's life by parents, early teachers and caregivers.
Program Overview
Developed for pre-school children and their parents
Designed to be implemented by volunteers
Comprehensive in design with 5 components
Children’s stories about character
Parent-child interaction take-home sheets
Educational presentations for parents
Storybooks Program evaluation
Program Components
For all Louisiana 3 - 5 year olds to hear the Character Critter stories from
teachers, volunteers and/or their parents
Louisiana Vision for Character Critters
Program Objectives
Introduce children to character concepts Increase parents’ understanding of character
concepts Increase parents’ involvement in their
children’s character development Teachers, volunteer storytellers, and parents’
to tell character stories to young children Increase volunteerism in communities
Character Critters Program Impacts
Thousands of free resource kits to teachers
Thousands of teachers and volunteers trained
Educational Website developed Over 160,000 parents of young
children reached with storybooks Hundreds of thousands of young
children have heard Character Critters stories
Character Critters Program Impacts -Teachers
Learned activities to help with their student’s development
Learned to teach character concepts to their students
Are conducting character activities for their students
Character Critters Program Impacts - Caregivers and Parents
Childcare providers learned to teach concepts of character
Parents learned activities to help with their child’s’ development
Parents indicated they will teach the traits of character
Character Critter Educator Kits
Storyboards Program
Implementation Guide
Sample storybook
Additional Character Critter Ideas
Volunteer resource kits have been developed to include puppets and other teaching supplies
Google search for “LSU AgCenter Character Critters”
Character Critters Website
Puppets
Folkmanis Puppets
Volunteers Getting Materials Ready
Other Resources
Flannel Board Storytelling
glove Art activities
Critter Storytelling Volunteers
Hearing the Critter Stories
Hearing the Critters Stories
“Bunny Hoppin”
Learning to Plant a Tree Like Carrie the Caring Cat
Kindergarten students hoppin’ round like
Fran and Freddie the Fair Frogs.
Critters in the Classroom
More Critters in the Classroom
Kindergarten students learning about fairness
Kindergarten students talking about fairness
Parents Telling Stories to Their Children
Use the Character Critters resources, your enhancement materials and ideas with your children
Send home the parent-child take-home sheets
Participate in the Character Critters evaluation and return to your local LSU AgCenter agent who will send to Dr. Rebecca White
How you can help!
Website: www.lsuagcenter.com
For more information contact:
Kim JonesInstructor, Department of 4-H Youth
DevelopmentEmail: [email protected]
(225) 578-2196
Rebecca White, Ph.D.Professor, Organization Development and
Evaluation Email: [email protected]
(225) 578-3921