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Our Virtue Lesson on Determination

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Our Virtue Lessons

Consideration

Courage

Determination

Joyfulness

Kindness

Love

Responsibility

Thankfulness

The Virtue of Determination

In this lesson we will define Determination this way:

Determination is choosing to do something and sticking with it until it is done.  It is not always easy to finish things I start, but by choosing to finish them, I strengthen my willpower which will help me make good choices when I grow up.

Here are the materials and resources needed for Our Virtue Lesson on Determination.  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 Determination

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 Determination

What does it look like? Sheet

Reminder Half-sheet Poster 1 per page  2 per page

Aesop's Fable Story:  The Crow and the Pitcher

Aesop's Fable Story:  The Crow and the Pitcher 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.

Matthew 4:4

Mark 13:31

John 5:39-40

John 6:63-64

John 14:13-15

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

2 Corinthians 4:15-16

Romans 15:4

Galatians 6:9

1 Peter 2:2

3 John 1:11

Week 3

Practicing Determination

Aesop's Fables Story: The Farmer and His Sons

Aesop's Fables Story: The Farmer and His Sons 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 Determination

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

My Book - The Virtue of Determination 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 Determination

 Worksheets

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Bible Scripture Passages

Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  If you shall ask me any thing in my name, that I will do.  If you love me, keep my commandments.

- John 14:13-15

Thus, all is for you, so that grace, abounding through many in thanksgiving, may abound to the glory of God.  For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.

- 2 Corinthians 4:15-16

And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing.

- Galatians 6:9

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 Determination

Picture Books

Hurry Up, Franklin by Paulette Bourgeois

The Little Rooster and the Diamond Button by Celia Barker Lottridge and Joanne Fitzgerald

Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats

The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes by Beatrix Potter

Chapter Books

The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla

Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark by Johanna Hurwitz

Novels and Bigger Reads

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett

Parables From Nature by Mrs. Gatty

Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller

The Story of Madame Curie by Alice Thorne

Tirzah by Lucille Travis

Family Projects that help teach children about DETERMINATION

Learning Project: Write A Family Cookbook