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Core Virtues®️-Core Knowledge®️Connections

Kindergarten 

September

Respect
Cinderella. (LA)
The Ugly Duckling. (LA)
Both highlight the theme that it is hard to live without the respect of others.

Responsibility
Snow White. (LA) Snow White’s adopted family is true to her and she to them.  
Winnie the Pooh. (LA) Embodies faithfulness to friends. 
​Aesop’s Lion and the Mouse. (LA) Lion, indebted to mouse, rescues him.
Mary Cassatt. (FA)​ Artist of the Family. 

​The Golden Rule:

"​​Do unto others
as you would have them do unto you."

October

Diligence, Self-Control, Perseverance
Early to bed, early to rise. (LA)
Aesop’s Tortoise and the Hare. (LA)
The Little Red Hen. (LA)
The Three Little Pigs. (LA)
Casey Jones. (LA)
The Velveteen Rabbit. (LA) ​
​King Midas and the Golden Touch.(LA)
George Washington Carver. (S)
​Wilbur and Orville Wright. (S)​

" The early bird catches the worm."

"Practice makes perfect."
​
"Where there's a will, there's a way."


“Look before you leap.” ​

​“Better safe than sorry.”

November

Gratitude, Wonder, Appreciation
Introduction to Continents (WC)
The Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving. (AC)
​Jane Goodall. (S)

December

Generosity
​The Legend of Jumping Mouse. (LA)

January

Courage
Momotaro: Peach Boy. (LA)
Little Red Riding Hood. (LA)
Aesop’s The Dog and His Shadow. (LA)
​Chicken Little. (LA)

February

Helping your Country (Justice, Honesty, Love of Country, Loyalty)
U.S. as a democracy. The people rule. We’re all in this together. (AC)
Biographies of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abe Lincoln,
and Theodore Roosevelt. (AC)
This Land is Your Land. (M)
American Flag (AC)
Johnny Appleseed. (LA)
Winslow Homer. (FA)
​George Washington Carver (S)

March

Compassion, Faithfulness, Mercy
​
The Legend of Jumping Mouse. (LA)



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