Education, Children's Books, Child Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Ethics & Morality 

Bring your classroom or youth group to life with these interactive, experiential activities about some of the most important things in young people's lives. This book gives creative, easy-to-use activities to introduce development assets - the building blocks of healthy development - to young people. It includes...
-94 interactive group activities for 6th to 12th grade youth; and
-41 attractive, photocopiable worksheets that help youth understand their own assets.

By participating in these activities, young people will...
-talk together about their needs, issues, concerns, and hopes.
-learn how they can take responsibility for building their own assets... and those of their friends.

"Building Assets Together" grows out of ground-breaking Search Institute research on factors that are vital for helping youth succeed in life. In a time when educators, policy makers parents, congregations, and others are struggling to address the pressing concerns of youth, the asset-building approach offers renewed hope and energy for a positive future.