3-IN-1 Family Fun BUNDLE for FOURTH of JULY
3-IN-1 Family Fun BUNDLE for JULY 4th and COURAGE
includes printable artwork for:
1. Encourage COURAGE Cards
2. Pyramid of COURAGE
3. STARS for COURAGE
1. Encourage COURAGE Cards:
The word “encourage” means to give somebody hope, confidence, or courage...to urge somebody in a helpful way to do or be something. Here are some tips to help you do that: 1. Talk to your children about situations that require courage. 2. Model courageous behavior yourself and talk about your own fears. 3. Teach them that mistakes are opportunities to learn and improve. 4. Explain that preparation helps diminish fear and increases your chance of success. 5. Give them that extra support they sometimes need with Encourage COURAGE Cards that you hide under a pillow, slip into their lunchbox, or tape to the bathroom mirror. 6. Reward your children with a display of STARS for COURAGE and honor them with a special candle at the dinner table.
2. Pyramid of COURAGE:
The COURAGE Pyramid is a great way to stimulate conversation about how each situation in our lives takes different amounts of courage to face and conquer. Use the five-level COURAGE pyramid to talk about Courage. Sit down together and make a list of as many different situations you can think of that take courage. Situations you have experienced or observed, as well as situations you hope you never have to. Write each one on the little red and navy cards provided. Next, try ranking them from one to five, with five stars going to the situations that would be the hardest to do and take the most courage. Since we are all different, and afraid of different things, it may not be easy to agree. Then place the one-star situations into the one-star pocket of your COURAGE Pyramid, the twos into the two-star pocket, etc. You may want to make a separate pyramid for each person since our fears are so different at different stages of our lives.
3. STARS for COURAGE:
It is important to teach your children to try new things, to stand up for what they believe in, to tell the truth when it’s not easy, and to do the right thing - even when others do not. But all that takes courage. Talking about courage helps - and it sets the stage for more courageous behavior - but the most effective thing you can do (once you have started the conversation) is to encourage your children to try things they might avoid out of fear, and to reward them for showing courage by celebrating their bravery in front of others. Use these STARS for COURAGE to write down what your child has done. Hang a string of stars on the wall for all to see. Nothing motivates a child more - to do something outside of their comfort zone - than praise and recognition.
