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Character Education & Student Leadership

Free Spirit books for educators help students build character, form positive relationships, develop empathy, understand responsibility, become engaged citizens, participate in service projects and community learning, and achieve success in school. Our leadership books help young people discover their own leadership potential and develop skills that guide them to act responsibly and make a difference in the world around them.

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Social Emotional Stories: Lessons and Learning from Plants and Animals

NEW! Social Emotional Stories

Barbara A. Lewis
$34.99
Make social emotional learning fun and engaging with 24 ready-to-use lessons about peculiar plants and astonishing animals.
Create a Culture of Kindness in Elementary School

NEW! Create a Culture of Kindness in Elementary School

Naomi Drew, M.A.
$39.99
Increase empathy in the elementary classroom with ready-to-use lessons that teach students positive skills and attitudes.

NEW! Mental Health Educator Resources, Elementary

$289.76
Reduce challenging behaviors and improve elementary student outcomes by increasing your skills to support students’ mental health and social emotional learning.

Mental Health Educator Resources, Secondary

$248.98
Reduce challenging behaviors and improve secondary student outcomes by increasing your skills to support students’ mental health.
Inspiring Student Empowerment: Moving Beyond Student Engagement, Refining Differentiation

Inspiring Student Empowerment

Patti Drapeau
$42.99
A practical, comprehensive guide to help educators go beyond student engagement and differentiation to achieve student empowerment.
Boost Emotional Intelligence in Students

Boost Emotional Intelligence in Students

Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D.  /  Steven E. Tobias, Psy.D.
$39.99
Develop and strengthen essential emotional intelligence skills in adolescents with this practical, hands-on resource.
Create a Culture of Kindness in Middle School

Create a Culture of Kindness in Middle School

Naomi Drew, M.A.  /  Christa M. Tinari, M.A.
$39.99
Practical, research-based lessons for middle school educators to teach students prosocial attitudes and behaviors to prevent bullying.

Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens

Mariam G. MacGregor, M.S.
$39.99
Engaging activities help all teens discover and develop their own leadership potential.

What Do You Stand For? Poster

$8.99
Colorful and inspiring character traits poster.

Building Everyday Leadership in All Kids

Mariam G. MacGregor, M.S.
$29.99
Engaging activities make learning the skills and attitudes of teamwork meaningful and fun for elementary-age students.

Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Grades 1–2

Katia S. Petersen, Ph.D.
$29.99
Ready-to-use activities integrate into the daily curriculum to help teachers of grades 1–2 create a safe and caring classroom.

Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Grades 3–5

Katia S. Petersen, Ph.D.
$29.99
Ready-to-use activities integrate into the daily curriculum to help teachers of grades 3–5 create a safe and caring classroom.

Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning PreK–K

Katia S. Petersen, Ph.D.
$29.99
Ready-to-use activities integrate into the daily curriculum to help teachers of grades preK–K create a safe and caring classroom.

Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Grades 6–8

Katia S. Petersen, Ph.D.
$29.99
Ready-to-use activities integrate into the daily curriculum to help teachers of grades 6–8 create a safe and caring classroom.

Service Learning in the PreK–3 Classroom

Vickie E. Lake, Ph.D.  /  Ithel Jones, Ed.D.
$39.99
The only comprehensive, research-based guide for implementing service learning across the primary curriculum.

The Complete Guide to Service Learning

Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A.
$39.99
This project-based guide is a blueprint for service learning—from getting started to assessing the experience—and provides ideas for incorporating literacy into service learning and suggestions for creating a culture of service.

A Leader’s Guide to What Do You Stand For? For Kids CD-ROM

Barbara A. Lewis
$19.95
The eleven lessons in this guide provide a complete course on cooperation, fairness, honesty, respect, and other core values.

Teambuilding with Teens

Mariam G. MacGregor, M.S.
$35.99
Make learning about leadership a hands-on, active experience for your students with these thirty-six activities.

Character Building Day by Day

Anne D. Mather  /  Louise B. Weldon
$15.99
Fulfill daily requirements of character education in your classroom with these 180 quick read-aloud vignettes great for starting discussion and supporting character education programs.

A Leader’s Guide to The Courage to Be Yourself

Al Desetta, M.A.  /  Sherrie Gammage, Ed.D.  /  Engaging Schools (formerly Educators for Social Responsibility)
$27.99
Activities, exercises, and discussions help teens go deeper into the stories, relate them to their lives, and build skills for overcoming conflict.
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