🌿 Following What Matters: The Values Expanded Pack
A companion guide for helping children discover what matters most—and practice living those values one gentle choice at a time.
Children experience many different feelings each day. Some feel exciting. Others feel uncomfortable.
While feelings naturally change, values can continue guiding us.
This gentle companion resource helps children notice the kind of person they want to become through small everyday choices rooted in kindness, courage, curiosity, honesty, patience, and more. Through stories, creative activities, reflection, and family conversations, children learn that values aren't about being perfect—they're about choosing what matters, again and again.
Designed using principles from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this printable resource gives families practical ways to help children connect their actions with what matters most.
Inside You'll Find
🌿 Understanding Values
Simple child-friendly explanations that help children understand:
- What values are
- How values differ from feelings and goals
- Why values can guide us through difficult moments
đź’› Twelve Printable Values Cards
Explore twelve important values including:
- Respect
- Teamwork
- Responsibility
- Curiosity
- Perseverance
- Gratitude
- Flexibility
- Fairness
- Self-Kindness
- Creativity
- Mindfulness
- Friendship
Each card includes:
- What the value looks like
- When it may feel difficult
- A simple "Try Saying..." practice
đź“– Acceptance Acres Stories
Three original stories featuring Finn, Delaney, Vivian, Micah, and friends that help children see values practiced in everyday life—not perfectly, but gently and consistently.
🎨 Creative Values Activities
Hands-on printable activities including:
- The Values Trail Map
- My Values Lantern
- Small Choices, Big Heart
- The "Choose Again" Stone
Designed to help children practice values through play, creativity, and reflection.
🌸 Family Reflection Pages
Gentle questions for children and caregivers that encourage conversations about:
- What mattered this week
- Returning after difficult moments
- Growing through small everyday choices
đź“… Printable Practice Tools
Includes:
- Weekly Values Tracker
- Parent coaching page
- Final reflection
- Bonus coloring page
- NEW Acceptance Acres™ exploration page
Perfect For
âś” Parents
âś” Therapists
âś” School counselors
âś” Teachers
âś” Homeschool families
âś” Calm corners
âś” Bedtime conversations
âś” SEL lessons
Digital Download
âś” Printable PDF
âś” 24 pages
Who Is It For:
✔ Ages 4–10
Continue Growing Together
This Expanded Pack is one stop along your family's journey through Acceptance Acres™.
Meet every forest friend, discover additional free activities, explore children's stories, and find companion resources that help children continue building emotional flexibility, one gentle step at a time.
🌿 Following What Matters: The Values Expanded Pack
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