Here are 25 conversation task cards about Gratitude, Courage, Adversity, Unity and Cooperation Character Conversation Cards. They are designed to bring conversation between children and between families. It’s good for use during the 5 day week so can last a month giving a good amount of time for the conversations to develop.
Gratitude, Courage, Adversity, Unity and Cooperation Character Conversation Cards
Choose these cards if:
- you want to have ideas for conversations with children 6 to 13 years old.
- you want to talk about values and hear your children talk through situations, give opinions and you influence them before they happen.
- you want to a way to talk meaningfully about subjects without pointing the finger or making something up on the spot ( We’ve all been there!)
- you want guided conversations practicing empathy and different views of life from alternative perspectives. ( It’s not just what’s in it for me but why would they do it?)
Get these Character Conversation Cards for $3
Each pack is different.
Within this pack:
- 10 cards on Gratitude
- 10 cards on Courage and Adversity
- 5 cards on Unity and Cooperation
Each card had a short real life situation and different questions afterwards to encourage longer answers and especially, “What would you do?”
Read out the situation and allow plenty of time for discussion. Each situation is easy to adjust to suit your age, stage, place and time. It’s also easy to extend the discussion to make it more relevant.
Print what you need or keep it on your phone to read and use wherever you are.
Download these 25 character conversation cards on Habits, Goals, Unity and Cooperation as one bundle pdf.
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How to use them:
Here are a some suggestions..
- During clubs and classes when you are with your other children.
- Family mealtimes to encourage deeper conversations on specific topics.
- Family meetings or roundtables to talk about issues and problem solve.
- As part of morning work or talk time in the classroom.
- As warm up to PSHE or Character Education work.
- During car journeys
- Works in paired, small group and family time.
- An activity in junior youth groups
To help foster communication there’s no answer key as answers will depend upon your values.
*Older children may enjoy debating ideas and there’s opportunity to rest on many sides of an issue and work through the thinking to the end. E.g. If I do it this way, this will happen, then this etc.
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