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Our Virtue Lesson on Responsibility

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Our Virtue Lessons

Consideration

Courage

Determination

Joyfulness

Kindness

Love

Responsibility

Thankfulness

The Virtue of Responsibility

In this lesson we will define Responsibility this way:  

Responsibility means that other people can count on me to do something.  It means that I will do whatever I say I am going to do and do it in the best way that I can.  Sometimes I will do it correctly; other times I will not.  I have to be responsible for what I do even if I don’t do it correctly.  God doesn’t ask me for perfection, just my best effort.

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

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 Responsibility

What does it look like? Sheet

Reminder Half-sheet Poster 1 per page  2 per page

Aesop's Fable Story:  The Young Crab and His Mother

Aesop's Fable Story:  The Young Crab and His Mother 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.

Genesis 4:6-7

Proverbs 18:9

Proverbs 28:13

Ezekiel 18:20

Luke 10:30-37

John 12:48

Romans 13:4

2 Corinthians 5:10

1 Timothy 5:8

Week 3

Practicing Responsibility

Aesop's Fables Story: The Ants and the Grasshopper

Aesop's Fables Story: The Ants and the Grasshopper 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 Responsibility

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

My Book - The Virtue of Responsibility 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 RESPONSIBILITY

 Worksheets

The A-Z of Thankfulness   

Bible Scripture Passages

Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works. - Proverbs 18:9

For it is necessary for us to be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the proper things of the body, according to his behavior, whether it was good or evil.

- 2 Corinthians 5:10

The soul that sins, the same shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son. The justice of the just man shall be upon himself, but the impiety of the impious man shall be upon himself.

- Ezekiel 18:20
 

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 Responsibility

Picture Books

The Berenstain Bears' Trouble With Pets by Stan and Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears' Messy Room by Stan and Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day

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 Responsibility

Learning Project: Planning and Planting a Garden

Learning Project: Climb A Ladder to Heaven