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
Kanga Joe and Co Front Cover
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

Activity book

Cover

Kanga Joe stories as a literacy resource

A5 format Colour (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

A5 format Black & White

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

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

Finger puppets

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