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Values of Life Components

A series of 8 books to teach moral values and life skills on global issues. Student's Teacher's
Book Resource

Highlights
Covers 75+ themes:
 Age-appropriate themes
Mindfulness & Mental Heath  Activities to promote
 Happiness
Values of Life  Mindfulness

Self-awareness
Addresses all and more
Teacher's Handbook
Values, Happiness and Mindfulness Primary Values  Strategies for Mindfulness
&
Sessions
Programme Life Skills  Reflective Activities

Assessment
Values For Life is a series of 8 books specially designed to introduce
mindfulness, values, life skills and self awareness in students.

The lessons aim to teach how to be in the present, adhering to
values, being calm, focused and relaxed. The follow-up activities
do not aim at preaching but allow the direct opportunity to
explore mindfulness and self-awareness.

Student Books

• Value-based stories Thought-provoking value based questions
• Self awareness activities Universal Concerns
For assessment of each of the values/life skills in the book, 10 descriptors have been TEACHING VALUES IN A CLASSROOM SETTING
• Learning to calm down given. You need to assign weight to each of the descriptors. You are suggested to assign While teaching values to students in the classroom among their peers you may
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follow these points:
helpful for assessment.
1. While dealing with each theme in the classroom keep in mind the General
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Teacher to assign Assess and record 2. With the help of suggested strategies plan out a teaching method to help students
identify values being taught and the processes and modes of dissemination of
values.
DESCRIPTORS WEIGHT STUDENT’S 3. Try to devise creative mechanisms to help students absorb the values and learn
SCORE
1. Helps others life skills.
Teacher’s Books 2. Packs bag and polishes shoes on own i Discussion starters TEACHING METHODS
3. Keeps the classroom clean
i Drawing distinctions/thinking critically about distinctions
ASSESSMENT
4. Helps teachers and parents
i Comparisons of Good and Bad practices
5. Shows willingness to do new tasks
i Finding appropriate examples
6. Shows enthusiasm to learn new things i Thinking about consequences
• Role-play 7. Maintains balance in playing as well as i Comparing Perceptions
doing work
i Discussing different perspectives
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who help them i Analysis of arguments
9. Completes a task reluctantly i Expressing or exploring agreement and disagreement
10. Expresses her/his feelings of displeasure i Exploring possibilities
• Reflective Activities i Finding criteria SUGGESTED CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES SAMPLE PAGES
while doing a particular work
Student’s score A child’s basic skills can be expanded by providing enrichment activities. These
Score achieved after assessment = Total score activities help extend the boundaries of a child’s thinking and interaction with
others. And in the process, values and life skills can be absorbed easily.
• Strategies for mindfulness (sum of weight for all the descriptors) Few suggestions regarding different types of classroom activities have been given Student Book
below. You may choose and modify some or all of them according to your class
strength and number of school hours you want to invest in teaching values to your
class. You should also grade them according the age of students.
sessions and activities Teacher's Handbooks 1 to 8
SAMPLE PAGES
• Assessment Teacher's Handbook
Emphasis on
Each Value is
focussed Self-Awareness A variety of lessons
on Values and Life
10 Skills 11