Character Council

06/03/2026

TeacherTip
Use this quote on Wisdom to help students understand perspective. Two students can look at the same thing but see or feel something completely different. Knowing this helps to understand your classmates better.
“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.” Henry David Thoreau

06/02/2026

Business Leaders:

💡 Wisdom isn’t only for big decisions — it shapes the small ones we make all day.
Before you dive into today’s work, here’s a quick set of Wisdom Affirmations to help you pause, think clearly, and lead with good judgment.

Smart choices. Strong teams. Better days.

Affirmations to Encourage Wisdom in the Workplace

06/01/2026

Teachers:
This week, try something new: Wisdom Affirmations.
Short, kid-friendly reminders that help us pause, think, and choose what’s right — even when it’s hard.

Little voices, big choices. 💛

Affirmations to Encourage Wisdom in the Classroom

05/31/2026

The new Quality of the Month for June is Wisdom: Applying knowledge and experience to new situations.

In her essay, "Building a Foundation for Wise Choices," Mary Andres Russell describes an exercise in which all participants build a structure using blocks labeled with character qualities. Wisdom is always the last block placed. Read the full essay in the link to discover why Wisdom is the steady, hard‑won strength that grows from truth‑seeking and lived experience.

https://charactercincinnati.org/in-community/wisdom/

05/30/2026

What direction are you being pulled? "Listen to your heart and trust the direction you are being pulled. Something inside you already knows what to do."
-Spring Washam

05/29/2026

Are you a retired teacher or an adult interested in promoting Character Education? Join our Education Team to assist at events or in creating family & classroom resources. Virtual meetings are once a month, and you can volunteer as much or as little as you like. https://buff.ly/3G5XVx3

05/28/2026

Professional Development - Unlock Your Potential

Hold Difficult Conversations with Character

Flexibility is especially important when conversations become tense, emotional, or unexpected. The Character Council’s Hold Difficult Conversations Professional Development Seminar helps anyone build the skills to listen well, respond thoughtfully, and navigate conflict with respect and purpose.

Contact us to schedule a seminar today.

https://charactercincinnati.org/unlock-your-potential/

05/27/2026

: Family Flexibility Challenge
Identify: A time recently when plans changed or something didn’t go the way someone hoped.
Explore: How did this make you feel?

Challenge: How could help us stay steady and kind when life throws us a little storm? How will that make us feel?
Results: Little shifts strengthen the whole family tree.

“Flexibility in a stem makes a tree stand in a storm. Flexibility in behavior makes a human win hearts.” — Anonymous

05/26/2026

Play-Based Character Education
We have several classroom and family games for each of our 36 Character Qualities. We use games because research on game-based character education in grade school emphasizes that games are effective because they move moral concepts from abstract "rules" into concrete, experiential interactions. A primary evidence-based source for this is the study "I am a child, I learn through play; play-based character education" by Deger (2024), published in Frontiers in Psychology.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1613650/full

05/25/2026

Parent Tip:
Use clothespins and pipecleaners (or any hard or bendable items) to demonstrate the benefits of Flexibility.

Family activity to teach Flexibility and a downloadable version that teachers can send home with students to reinforce the quality at home.