Values Education for Children and Young Adults, Morals, Character

Welcome - And Our Invitation

While education is itself inherently a values-laden endeavour and forms the beating heart of quality education so also values are an integral and defining aspect of the human being and we extend a warm welcome to this website to all those concerned with the place and extent of values in their lives.

We hope that you will find ideas for quiet reflection and contemplation, inspiration for ways of thinking, being and doing that you would like to adopt and practical resources that you can use for teaching in a wide variety of settings.

Values-based education then has an essential part to play in the development of the individual and the path towards a better world for all.

What is Living Values Education?

Living Values Education is a global endeavour dedicated to nurturing hearts and educating minds. LVE provides an approach, and tools, to help people connect with their own values and live them.

Living Values in Business

No matter whether you a small corner store or a large corporate, the essential ingredient for success in every business is 'Values'. We must build a Values Based Atmosphere in our workplace. Values that guarantee a happy and efficient environment, a quality product, and most important, service satisfaction. In this small booklet, discover the simplest ingredient – the one value that will bring success to your business.

Why Develop Values?

No matter what role we are currently playing, whether it be child in a family, parent, person in business, employee, school teacher, government official, retiree, whatever age, gender, nationality, spiritual belief, we all have one thing in common; a human requirement to meet our basic needs – to be Safe, Respected, Understood, Loved, Valued.

ALIVE Brochure

For an overview of the organisation, its vision and aims, and how the Living Values Education Approach may be used in a wide variety of settings and ways including in schools, at home, and to support care for the environment, please download and read the ALIVE brochure. There are also brief introductions to our professional development courses for teachers, workshops, various online offerings, and extensive resource materials, all of which are designed to help nurture humanity's inherent goodness and made available around the world through our network of member organisations and supporting individuals.

Download ALIVE Brochure

LVE Bookmarks

Living Values Education offers a set of bookmarks available for FREE download. These can be used in a multitude of ways; for daily reflection, questions to ask ourselves, a gift for practical use, even to use on display as posters in the home or classroom.

Get your Free Download here

Current News

This News section brings you up-to-moment activities and goings on from Living Values activities around the world source from our global membership of Associates and Focal Points in some 40 countries.

NEW! Living Values Education: Parenting Guide

Parents have the possibility to be the most valuable asset for any child, or the greatest detriment. From womb to our old age the experience we have with our parents has a lasting effect. Our parents laid down the foundation upon which we built our lives, the values and morals that are embedded in our foundation set the standard for how we live our lives, act with others around us and our environment.

Quote of the Month

Each month we will present you with a thought or situation to consider. If you feel these refelctions points bring anything you would like to look further into, then join this 12 week personal introspection of your life, and discover the truth of ‘Who You Are’.

Find your country on Facebook

Thirteen countries are now represented on Facebook providing us the opportunity to feature new projects and resources that various countries are offering including, Zoom meetings, webinars, news and new resources available. There is also the opportunity for viewers to join the LV Self Reflection, a weekly Values personal self development game.

Simply search for your own country’s Facebook page, like and follow.

LVE Download Materials Available

As we are continuously adding more resource material, support information, books, values promotional material, etc., to the website it seems appropriate to show a summary of the current Living Values aspects available for FREE Download.

We know that many school teachers access these files to support their classroom activities as well as organisations, parents, and others seeking to engage in Living Values personally with family at home. Please feel welcome to use all the aspects presented to encourage the expansion of Values Awareness and the building of a values-based atmosphere in your work and home environment. Please share with friends and colleagues.

Download an overview of the Free LVE Download Materials available

Living Values Education: Climate Change & Values Book

In celebration of World Values Day 2022, we are offering everyone from around the world the opportunity to receive a FREE download copy of our Climate Change and Values Book.

Reflect for a moment on the world your heart longs for…. How might the values of peace, love, respect, honesty, cooperation and freedom create a social fabric of harmony and change? Our goal is to affirm our Values and stimulate positive action in our daily lives, to change the way we live, and start to give our Earth and Her Oceans the opportunity to heal – before it is too late.

NOW AVAILABLE! Rainbow Booklets - Values Activities for Children 3-7, 8-14 and Young Adults

We have created a Library of Values Activity booklets that are invaluable for families and teachers. They are designed to encourage awareness of how Values play a big part in our lives by engaging activities to assist in dealing with specific home or classroom issues.

New Living Values Education Activity Books for Children Ages 3-7 and 8-14

We are receiving wonderful feedback on the newly updated and expanded Living Values Education Activities for Children Ages 8–14, Book 1 and Living Values Education Activities for Children Ages 3–7, Book 1.

These books are relevant to the needs and issues of young people today while retaining LVE’s strength in exploring and developing values and social and emotional skills.

Webinars

The Covid-19 pandemic made us consider how we can continue to promote LVE without meeting in traditional ways. We have consequently, like so many others, used Zoom to put on a series of webinars. We welcome everyone to join in.

Workshops

LVE has a cadre of trainers on every continent. They are a unique group of people – professional educators who are dedicated to helping young people grow toward their potential in safe, caring, quality learning environments and committed to "living the values."