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POPCORN PARK: THE SIX PILLARS OF CHARACTER

for grades K-5

Six part DVD series with printable teaching guides.

English and Spanish versions included on each DVD

Help your kids explore six essential character virtues with the Popcorn Park Puppets. In each video the puppets become entangled in problems that require them to sort out right from wrong. With a little help from Socrates and his female counterpart, Diotima, they learn to ask the right questions and do the right things.

Complete with inspiring songs and delightful humor, these videos provide a fun way to engage your students in thinking, talking, and writing about the kinds of people they want to be.

GREAT STORIES!     GREAT PUPPETS!

GREAT SING-ALONG SONGS!    

Each volume in the series is approximately 25 minutes in length. A teaching guide is included on each DVD providing discussion questions, writing assignments, and group learning activities. Companion materials, including classroom posters and a storybook, are also available to help you extend the lesson even further.

TO SEE DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH OF THESE SIX VIDEOS, CLICK HERE.


Parents' Choice Award Winner

 

"We had just completed a Responsibility unit last month, and the video was an excellent culmination of the lesson. I loved the way the video “connected” with the definition of responsibility…and the children NOTICED. The students just loved the colorful characters and inviting settings in the video. The video was able to keep the full attention of the students. The songs were excellent in expressing the feelings of the characters."   —Becky Mouser, Counselor, Cravens Academy

Episode Descriptions

  • Trustworthiness

    Groark and Muggsy learn how important honesty and trust are in building good friendships. When Muggsy tries to impress Groark by stealing an expensive birthday present for him, Groark struggles to figure out the right thing to do, and teaches Muggsy that it is better to have friends you can trust than expensive toys.

  • Respect

    Burna discovers that name-calling, teasing, and put-downs are not good natured fun. When her friends ostracize her for treating them disrespectfully and for bullying a new kid on the playground, Burna learns that the way to have good friendships is to treat people the way you would like them to treat you.

  • Responsibility

    Groark and Burna learn that being irresponsible can be unfair and hurtful to everyone, including themselves. When Burna neglects an important responsibility by dumping it on Muggsy, and Groark makes a mistake and lets Muggsy take the blame, the result is a tangle of hard feelings that nearly brings their friendships to a painful end.

  • Fairness

    Essie learns that being fair to everybody can be a lot harder than it seems. When she has to decide which of her friends will get the starring role in the annual Popcorn Park play, Essie has a lot to consider — including the not-so-fair actions of the two competitors.

  • Caring

    Burna discovers (by being a "reading buddy") the personal rewards that come from giving of yourself to help somebody else. When Burna has to make a hard choice between doing a community service project and playing soccer, she learns that caring is more about what we do than about how we feel.

  • Citizenship

    Nubbs becomes a hero to his friends by helping them tap into their power to make an important difference in their community. When Nubbs leads his friends in a successful effort to transform an ugly vacant lot into a beautiful grove of shady trees, they all experience the satisfaction and the benefits that come from being good citizens.

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Awards & Reviews

Awards

KIDS FIRST! Endorsement —Coalition for Quality Children's Media

Distinguished Achievement Award —Association of Educational Publishers

Parents' Choice Award —Parents' Choice Foundation

Honors —National Parenting Publications Awards

Creative Excellence Award —U.S. International Film and Video Festival

2004 Awards Portfolio Winner —Media & Methods Magazine


What People Are Saying...

"The educational and entertaining content of this well-planned series makes it a must purchase for school media centers and public libraries."
—Carol Y. Barker, School Library Journal

"Imaginative and effective."
—John Kelly, Youth Today

"Leaders in the field of child and youth guidance, producers David Elkind and Freddy Sweet have created another winner with this lighthearted (but strong-minded) series that mixes realistic scenarios and solid ethics with kid-friendly humor and bouncy sing-along songs. Highly recommended."
—Randy Pitman, The Video Librarian

"We had just completed a Responsibility unit last month, and the video was an excellent culmination of the lesson. I loved the way the video “connected” with the definition of responsibility…and the children NOTICED. The students just loved the colorful characters and inviting settings in the video. The video was able to keep the full attention of the students. The songs were excellent in expressing the feelings of the characters."

—Becky Mouser, Counselor, Cravens Academy

"Bring character education to your school with The Six Pillars of Character video series. Covering respect, responsibility, citizenship and more, the videos contain plenty of music and humor to captivate elementary students."

—Today’s Catholic Teacher

Story Summaries

System Requirements

Video Clips

PDF Samples

Teaching Guides

Each of our DVDs includes a very useful teaching (facilitator's) guide that provides engaging, thought-provoking discussion questions, writing assignments, and group and individual learning activities that support the lesson. You'll find these guides very helpful for creating lesson plans.

Please click below for a printer friendly PDF version of each guide.

If you are having trouble viewing the guides, click here to download Adobe Reader.

Buying Options
Individual Titles - Pick & Choose Full Series - All Six DVDs
Volume 1
Trustworthiness
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Volume 2
Respect
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Price $ 69.95
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Volume 3
Responsibility
featuring the Popcorn Park Puppets
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Volume 4
Fairness
featuring the Popcorn Park Puppets
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Price $ 69.95
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Volume 5
Caring
featuring the Popcorn Park Puppets
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Price $ 69.95
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Volume 6
Citizenship
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POPCORN PARK: THE SIX PILLARS OF CHARACTER
Six part DVD series with printable teaching guides.
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Companion Materials

Groark's Birthday Surprise!

A Popcorn Park storybook about trustworthiness

Popcorn Park Banner Set

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