Learning For Life

Learning for Life is a character education program designed for kindergarten through twelfth grade. The purpose of the program is to support schools in their efforts to prepare and educate all students in character education. The program offers an integrated curriculum that enhances the regular school learning experience. The curriculum for each grade consists of sixty-one age-appropriate and grade specific lesson plans designed to reinforce social, ethical, and academic skills in such areas as critical and creative thinking, ethical decision making, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, practical living skills, building self-esteem, writing and other language arts, and participating citizenship.

Learning for Life is an excellent tool for teachers to educate students to realize and see things in different perspectives. With each lesson instructed, students gain an enhanced concept of cause and effect as associated to individual actions. The participants recognize how their actions not only affect themselves, but others; therefore, resulting in becoming more responsible for their actions. The children also begin to understand that just as they want to be respected and treated fairly, so do they have to treat others in the same manner. Consequently, participants become more respectful, honest, empathetic, and responsible. Accordingly, the Boy Scouts of America, Alamo Area Council, Inc. is committed to securing the necessary registration fees and program supply costs to provide the Learning for Life program, at no cost to the participants. d