Inspire students to be RESPECTFUL, CARING, FAIR, RESPONSIBLE, and HONEST with the Building Character with Kelso Curriculum! This comprehensive kit is designed to develop positive character traits in elementary-aged students. These traits are universal and help to build a more empathetic and caring community.
The Building Character with Kelso Kit is available in 3 formats:
Physical Kit (GH4519) – This kit has all the materials that you need to start on the Building Character program. You get a DVD, Storybook, Leader’s Guide, Photo Cards, Puppets and 10 Posters (5 x Grade K-3 posters and 5 x Grade 4-5 posters). To learn more about the physical kit, click here.
Digital Kit (GH5470) – This is this digitized edition of the Building Character kit. You have access to the material that are included in the physical kit, except for the puppets. You can access these materials anywhere with internet connection. To learn more about the digital kit, click here.
Physical+Digital (GH5459) – This is a combination of both the Physical and Digital kit at a special bundled price. You will have access to all of the great materials that are included in the Physical and Digital kits. To learn more about the bundled kit, click here.
Materials included in the Kit
Back to Willow Pond Storybook
Colorful stories of Kelso and his Willow Pond friends demonstrating each of the five character traits, plus a bonus story of the pond critters using all the character traits together. Includes discussion questions throughout each story and reinforcement tips for instructors. Click here to learn more about the story book
Printed version of the Storybook is available in the physical kit only. For digital kit, you will have access to printable PDF version along with 5 animated videos on the stories.
Building Character with Kelso Leader’s Guide
This comprehensive leader’s guide includes complete lesson plans, beginning with core lessons for Grades K-5 which incorporate the use of the Photo Card Flip Book to show young students what each of the five character traits look, sound, and feel like. (Note: this guidebook is not sold individually, only include in the Building Character Core kit) Click here to view Leader’s Guide Table of Contents
Printed version of the Leader’s Guide is available in the physical kit only. For digital kit, you will have access to printable PDF version.
See Learning Character with Kelso!
- Grades K-3 hosted by Kelso himself using Kelso Star traits
- Grades 4-5 hosted by a young teen using the Kelso Star traits
DVD is available in the physical kit only. For digital kit, you will have access to digital version of Learning Character with Kelso video.
Posters and Puppet Set
Physical kits will come with 10- 24″x36″ poster (5 x Gr. K-3 and 5 x Gr. 4-5), Kelso & Lily Puppets and 2 set of Photo Cards (Click to view sample)
Digital kit will have the posters and photo cards available for download. Kelso & Lily Puppets are not included.
The 24″x36″ posters and puppet are available to purchase individually. You can click on the links below to view the product page.
