Respect
“‘Honor your father and mother’ — which is the first commandment with a promise–‘that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.'”
– Ephesians 6:2-3
re·spect [ri-spekt]
noun
1.esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability: I have great respectforherjudgment.
2.deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment: respect for a suspect’s right to counsel; to show respect for the flag; respect fortheelderly.
3. the condition of being esteemed or honored: to be held in respect.
Reason Chosen: Children need to learn respect – respect for their parents, authorities, elderly, themselves, their peers, and their belongings. Respect is a trait that seems to be missing from many children today. On What Christians Want to Know, I found it put this way, “There is a difference between obedience and respect. It is easy to get children to obey, but they may do it without respect. However, if you can teach your child to respect you, themselves and others, then teaching them to obey is much simpler. When a child respects a parent then they will obey out of love instead of obligation.”
Word Ring
At the beginning of each week, the craft will be exactly the same because we will simply be adding a new word to our already established word ring.
Materials Needed
* Stock Card Paper (I had a whole stack like this – found at any craft store)
* Assorted Sticker Letters (I just bought a bunch on clearance at Michael’s)
* Binder Clips (Craft Store)
* Paper Cutter
* Hole Punch
The girls chose a paper style they thought would look good with the letters they chose. We then I helped them sound out “respect.” They took turns finding the letters we needed and sticking them on the paper…they’re kids – the letters will not be stuck on perfect. I then cut the paper to the same size as the paper from last week. We punched a hole in the corner and stuck it on our binding clip. Each week, a new word will be added to the clip in similar fashion. I then wrote the Bible verse on the back. If your kids are older, have them do it themselves. We’ll spend this week learning the word, meaning and memorizing the scripture.
What a lovely idea. I’ve pinned this on Pinterest and am excited to start similar character development lessons/crafts with my daughter. Thanks for your purposeful blog – I am now following along and would love for you to come and say hi at Just For Daisy. Blessings x
Hi. I’m so glad you’ll be following along. I can’t wait to check out your blog too. Let me know of any ideas you have for character development as well.
Thanks for sharing. I also am doing a character development study with my daughter. We started with the fruits of the spirit and just finished up kindness last week. I look forward to you future posts. I just started following. : ) Feel free to stop by my blog sometime. http://www.funfrugalmommy.blogspot.com
Thanks for following along. I’m so excited to connect with other people who are wanting to make life with her children more purposeful as well. I can’t wait to check out your blog.
Wonderful! I am subscribbing to get inspiration for youth ministry activities! 🙂
Yeah! I’m so glad this helpful. You’ve definitely found the heart of my blog. The character development series is so important, and I’m glad you now have it as a resource. I switched from Blogger to WordPress so not all of my content is up under the character development tab, but I’m working on it slowly but surely. Keep checking in.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing. What are the other words/verses on the word ring?
Here’s a link to the entire series: https://meaningfulmama.com/character-development-series. I really hope you are able to use it with your own kids. I have wanted this to be a great resource for parents. Thanks for asking.