Our Virtue Lesson on Consideration

Our Virtue Lesson on Consideration

Our Virtue Lessons

Consideration

Courage

Determination

Joyfulness

Kindness

Love

Responsibility

Thankfulness

How to use Our Virtue Lessons

Our Virtue Lessons

Consideration

Courage

Determination

Joyfulness

Kindness

Love

Responsibility

Thankfulness

The Virtue of Consideration

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God" (Mt 5:9) -CCC: 2330

In this lesson we will define Consideration this way:  

Consideration is thinking about others before myself.  It is noticing how my words and actions affect the way other people feel and trying to make them feel as important as I do.  Consideration means I should know and respect that God made everyone differently and special in their own way.

Here are the materials and resources needed for Our Virtue Lesson on Consideration.  To learn more about these resources visit Our Virtue Lessons main resource page or our How to Use Our Virtue Lessons resource page.

Week 1

Defining Consideration

What does this virtue mean? Definition Sheet

Cut-n-paste Piece (needed for Definition Sheet) 1 per page  2 per page

Virtue Prayer and Examples Sheet

Reinforcement Prayer Card

Virtue Progress Incentive Sheet

Extra Activities

*Choose a scriptural passage provided below to discuss with your child this week.  You may wish to use this passage for copywork purposes.

*Select a book from the list below to read to or with your child to help them see more examples of this virtue in action.  Don't forget that picture books are great for any age group and present ideas very clearly.

*You may want to consider beginning one of Our Learning Projects for Homeschoolers that teaches about this virtue.

Week 2

Understanding Consideration

What does it look like? Sheet

Reminder Half-sheet Poster 1 per page  2 per page

Aesop's Fable Story:  The Boys and the Frogs

Aesop's Fable Story:  The Boys and the Frogs Trace Copywork:  Print  or  Cursive

Extra Activities

*Choose a scriptural passage provided below to discuss with your child this week.  You may wish to use this passage for copywork purposes.

*Select a book from the list below to read to or with your child to help them see more examples of this virtue in action.

Ezekiel 16:49-50

Matthew 5:14-16

James 3:17-18

Colossians 4:5-6

1 Peter 3:1-22

Week 3

Practicing Consideration

Aesop's Fables Story: The Fox and the Stork

Aesop's Fables Story: The Fox and the Stork Trace Copywork:  Print  or  Cursive

Let's talk about it? Sheet

Extra Activities

*Choose a scriptural passage provided below to discuss with your child this week.  You may wish to use this passage for copywork purposes.

*Select a book from the list below to read to or with your child to help them see more examples of this virtue in action.

*Consider using the Virtue Key Tag Activity to see how many times your children can be caught in the action of practicing this virtue either daily or weekly.

Virtue Key Tag Activity for this Virtue

Week 4

Reviewing Consideration

Review all lessons and discuss each learners completed My Book - the Virtue of Consideration Mini-book.

My Book - The Virtue of Consideration Mini-book

Extra Activities

*Choose a scriptural passage provided below to discuss with your child this week.  You may wish to use this passage for copywork purposes.

*Select a book from the list below to read to or with your child to help them see more examples of this virtue in action.

*Consider using the Virtue Key Tag Activity to see how many times your children can be caught in the action of practicing this virtue either daily or weekly.

Virtue Key Tag Activity for this Virtue

Additional resources and activities to help teach about CONSIDERATION

 Worksheets

The A-Z of Ways to Show Consideration 

Bible Scripture Passages

You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

-Matthew 5:14-16

But the wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, without dissimulation. And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace. -James 3:17-18
 

Walk with wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always in grace seasoned with salt: that you may know how you ought to answer every man.  -Colossians 4:5-6

See more scripture passages that can be used to discuss this virtue at the left.

Virtue Themed Reading List

Books that help teach children about the Virtue of Consideration

Picture Books

The Selfish Crocodile by Faustin Charles

Manners Can Be Fun by Munro Leaf

How to Behave and Why by Munro Leaf

How to Speak Politely and Why by Munro Leaf

What Do You Say When a Monkey Acts This Way? by Jane Belk Moncure

How Leo Learned to Be King by Marcus Pfister

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

Chapter Books

The Secret Birthday by Rosemary Wells

Novels and Bigger Reads

The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett

Parables From Nature by Mrs. Gatty

Family Projects that help teach children about CONSIDERATION

Help children learn and practice consideration through keeping their homeschool clean, organized, and tidy.  Why not try one of our homeschool projects:

Learning Project: Climb A Ladder to Heaven

Learning Project: Creating a Home Library