"VIRTUES IN US" CHILDREN'S CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM

We initiated this service project in 2003 in Beijing, seeking to contribute meaningfully to developing resources and training for the character education of Chinese pre-school children and their families. The materials we have developed through pilot projects in several Chinese schools in Beijing were first made available to the public in October 2008, by which time the program was already being used by hundreds of teachers and some 4,000 children in almost 30 schools. Today, the Virtues in Us program is used by over 65,000 school children in over 250 schools throughout China. The program, comprised of a daily curriculum for children from 4 to 7 years old, includes a systematic program of interactive learning through games, art activities, inspiring quotations and stories that have been developed in collaboration with child educators, musicians, artists, writers and the Moral Education Department of the Chinese Academy of Education Science. Please visit www.virtuesinus.com