AESOP FABLES
What's a Virtue? A Fable? Who was Aesop? What's a Moral? With Aunt Sam and her Felt Friends we will learn about Life Lessons through the Foolish and Wise Animals of Aesop's Fables. Each week we will explore a different Virtue along with a Habit. We will discuss the Virtue/Habits through object lessons, questions, and optional worksheets.   Depending on the class, students may engage in break-out rooms where the students can apply the Virtue/Habit to solve challenges.  There will be role-plays about the Virtue, where basic reading is encouraged (if the learner is comfortable.) There will be optional opportunities to set goals focusing on the Virtue/Habit of the Week. Worksheets will be added to the class each Monday morning (Pacific Time) for the week's Virtue.
 This class will include the Fables/Virtues: 

Week 1 LIVE THE GOLDEN RULE
Honesty - The Boy Who Cried Wolf  9/16
•	What does it mean to be honest? What is the Golden Rule?
•	How can you be honest? How will being more honest, be living the Golden Rule?

Week 2  
Diligence - The Tortoise and the Hare 9/23
•	What does it mean to be diligent? How can you be more diligent?
•	How was the Tortoise Diligent? How WASN'T the Tortoise Diligent?

Week 3 Prioritize
Gratitude - The Dog and His Reflection 9/30
•	What does it mean to be grateful? How can you be grateful?
•	How does ingratitude distract us from important things?

Week 4 Together is Better 
Unity – A Man and His Sons & the Trees and the Ax 10/7
•	What does it mean to be unified with others? How can you be unified with your family and friends?
•	How can you work together with others?

Week 5 Think Win-Win
Kindness & Service - The Lion and the Mouse 10/14
•	What does it mean to be kind? What does it mean to serve others and work together? 
•	What is the Golden rule? How can you live the Golden Rule?

Week 6 Think Win-Win
Loyalty - The Birds, the Beasts and the Bat 10/21
•	What does it mean to be loyal? How can you be more loyal to your family and friends?
•	How can we cooperate not compete?

Week 7  LIVE THE GOLDEN RULE
Patience & Gentleness – The North Wind and the Sun 10/28
•	What does it mean to be patient & gentle? How can you be more patient & gentler?
•	How do we all Win when we are patient and gentle?

Week 8 Together is Better
Wisdom – The Sick Lion 11/4
•	What does it mean to be wise? 
•	How can you learn from others and work with others?

Week 9 Balance is Best
Generosity – The Miser 11/18
•	What does it mean to be generous? How can you be more generous?
•	How do we have balance when we are generous?

Week 10 Balance is Best 11/25
Humility, Integrity & Work - Mercury and the Woodsman
•	What does it mean to be humble? How can you be humble and have integrity?
•	How does humility help us to have balance in our life?

We will start week 1 in January 2025.  Keep living the Golden Rule during the holidays and we will look forward to setting new goals in January.

After Week 10, we will start again at Week 1.
Through dramatization, Aunt Sam captures the attention of each child with her crazy facial expressions and funny voices.

Teacher facilitates
•	Felt Aesop Fables
•	Worksheets: Challenges, Virtue Worksheet
•	Engages students in discussion through questions, role-plays and challenges
•	Involves students through Movement