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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Find your country on Facebook

Ten 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.

Webinars

The Covid-19 pandemic has 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 eveyone 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."

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’.

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.

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.

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.

JUST RELEASED! Living Values Education Values-based Atmosphere

Responses from the LVE community have allowed us to publish a beautiful 52-page book dedicated solely to LVE’s approach to a Values-based Atmosphere (VbA). The book offers different perspectives from different teachers, trainers, practitioners and parents as they share their thoughts and experiences with LVE over the past years and respond to some of the questions above.

This is a must read for everyone involved with education and also to all of us seeking to improve our own lives!

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.