Values Education for Children and Young Adults, Morals, Character

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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.

Look out for information about a LVE professional development workshop or seminar near you and news of how people around the world have been successfully implementing the Living Values Education Approach and the positive outcomes and academic, social and personal benefits they have experienced.

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.

News Bytes

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.

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."

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.

Forthcoming Events

LVE workshops and seminars are highly recommended for educators and facilitators who wish to help young people explore and develop values. Join us to reflect on the role values play in your life and in the world.

Exciting new Living Values Education Activities for Children Ages 3-7 and 8-14 available now!

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. Released 1 October 2018 and 2 January 2019, respectively, 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. The book for children ages three to seven includes new stories and delightful activities. The book for children ages eight through fourteen helps them learn how to deal with bullying, encourage themselves in positive ways and increase their motivation and capacity to be force for inclusion, kindness, peace and respect.

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.

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

Recognising the many challenges faced by parents and teachers today with all ages of young people we have created a Library of Values Activity booklets designed to encourage awareness of how Values play a big part in our lives. Invaluable for families and teachers by engaging activities to assist in dealing with specific home or classroom issues, capturing children’s imagination, gaining participation and opening discussion, all bringing our young people to a different; more caring and responsible space. The three series of 9 booklets each are for children ages 3-7, 8-14, and Young Adults. Each Value activities booklet of approx. 40-56 pages is easily printed on home or school printer.

Success Stories & Testimonials From Educators

Positive and heart-warming stories from educators as well as educator evaluations have been collected from teachers implementing Living Values Education around the world. The most frequent themes noted in the reports are positive changes in teacher-student relationships and in student-student relationships both inside and outside the classroom.

Educators note an increase in respect, caring, cooperation, motivation, and the ability to solve peer conflicts on the part of the students. Aggressive behaviours decline as positive social skills and respect increase. Living Values Education helps educators create safe, caring, values-based atmospheres for quality learning.

Country Support

Contact your country member and tell them of your interest and ask what you can do to help, to become involved. Start developing your own awareness for your own values right now by participating in the online 12 week LVE Self Reflection.

Friends: Partnership & Member Support

Cooperation is so important and unifying of our collective aims, we invite discussions from like minded groups who are inspired to join together with us to create a better and wider world of values Awareness.

What People Say About Values

“In our life there is one side which is finite and another side which is infinite. I want you to think about both the sides and design the best life and stand in their true values.”
― Amit Ray

Values For Schools

The choices of young people are critically important, not only for their own happiness and well-being at this vulnerable time in their lives, but also for their future.

Values For Those At-Risk

We are working with people of all ages affected by natural disasters, areas with conflict, personal hardship circumstances, incarceration and rehabilitation.

Distance Programmes

In recognition that it is completely impractical for most of the world’s population to attend workshops and participate in organised Living Values activities due to cost, time and travel ...

Download Our Materials

This section is designed to provide access and bring you the ‘tools’ to discover and to uncover values for yourself, family, community and the classroom.