Lessons for Life, Volume 1 Elementary Grades [Paperback]

Here is a career development curriculum packed with stimulating lessons and activities to help students develop the self-knowledge, interpersonal skills, and work habits they need for success in school, work and life, while learning how to make good decisions about their education, personal lives, and future careers. This book folds flat for easy photocopying of the lesson materials and includes 60 ready-to-use lessons with related activities and worksheets.How to Use Lessons for Life.

Life's Journey as Metaphor.

Chapter One. Two Roads Diverged...: A Focus for the Lessons for Life Curriculum.

Chapter Two. The Lay of the Land: A Foundation for Understanding Lessons for Life.

Chapter Three. Planning the Trip: Practical Tips for Setting Things in Motion.

Chapter Four. In the Driver's Seat: Lessons to Promote Self-Knowledge.

Chapter Five. Nice Set 'o Wheels: Lessons to Help Students Examine Life Roles.

Chapter Six. Start Your Engines: Lessons to Promote Educational Development.

Chapter Seven. The Road Map: Lessons to Foster Career Exploration and Planning.

EPILOGUE.

A Look in the Rearview Mirror: Reflections on Lessons for Life.

Zark VanZandt, Ed.D., is a counselor educator at the University of Southern Maine at Gorham. He has served as both and elementary and a high school counselor, a director of guidance, and a state guidance consultant.

Bette Ann Buchan, M.Ed., is an elementary/middle school counselor at Woolwich (Maine) Central School and adjunct clinical supervisor of interns at the University of Southern Maine.

For all school counselors and teachers of life skills courses, here is a complete K-12 career development curriculum packed with stimulating lessons and actl£º