Building Godly character
Children grow in Godly character as they learn about the character of God.
Why is getting to know God’s character/nature so important in developing our own character? ‘Goodness’ must come out of knowing God, and a desire to please Him – not from our own efforts.
Jesus First – character development guide
Jesus First is a character development curriculum for teachers, with ideas and activities and discussion questions for teaching Godly values in the classroom.
Jesus First teacher’s guide
Jesus first student pages
Whole school theme-based values program
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8
Play readings / puppet plays
Character development plays – Word documents
Character development plays – pdf
The Fruit of the Spirit
The Kanga Joe series of eight stories will help students understand the fruit of the Spirit. The stories are built around the adventures of two children and their animal friends, who learn lessons in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness and self-control.
Kanga Joe teaching curriculum on the Fruit of the Spirit
Curriculum: Fruit of the Spirit
for Children’s Church, Sunday School, Christian School, Home school, Home devotions, ages 5-12
Kanga Joe stories as a literacy resource
A5 format (Print and cut to make books)Story 1 The King’s Garden
Story 2 The Birthday Party
Story 3 The Drought
Story 4 The Treasure Hunt
Story 5 Help for Diana Dingo
Story 6 The Special Message Delivery
Story 7 The Fabulous Sweets
Story 8 The Delicious Red Apples
Kanga Joe play readings MP3 (audio)
Story 1
Story 2
Story 3
Story 4
Story 5
Story 6
Story 7
Story 8
Text for Kanga Joe play readings Read along while listening
Kanga Joe puppet plays
The Drought (text)
The Fabulous Sweets (text)
Props for The Fabulous Sweets
Scenery for The Fabulous sweets
On Safari – with Samson and Serina
This series of 9 stories feature two African children who travel through a game park. Through observing the African animals the children see how the animals teach us about the special gifts God has given each one of us. These are the Motivational Gifts, outlined in Romans chapter 12.
Contents
Chapter 1 The safari begins
Chapter 2 The giraffe – the alert one
Chapter 3 – The elephant – the thoughtful one
Chapter 4 – The eagle – the strong one
Chapter 5 – The monkeys – the teachers
Chapter 6 – The rhino and its helper bird
Chapter 7 – The lioness – the generous one
Chapter 8 – The meerkats – the organized ones
Chapter 9 – The journey’s end
Activities
Teaching notes:
1. Introducing motivational gifts
2. Developing motivational gifts in students
3. Motivational gifts and teaching styles
4. Reciprocal reading
Responsible citizenship
Eleven Values for the Christian school. This resource is a guide for teachers and principals who want to take on a whole-school approach to values education. Includes integration with Biblical values.
Values for Schools