Camp MakeBelieve Kids

A Social and Emotional Learning Program that Builds Emotional Competence in Children. The place where youth learn to believe in themselves.

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Character Education and Camp MakeBelieve Kids

Character Education is an important part of the Camp MakeBelieve Kids Social and Emotional Learning Program. Camp MakeBelieve Kids has been building character in children for almost 2 decades. Created by child therapist, Pamela Goldberg, this program has been helping hundreds of children within Southern Nevada, and beyond.

We have heard many different terms overlap when it comes to teaching good and moral character development in children; morals education, positive behavioral support (PBS), values education , inclusion programs, safe and drug free schools, caring lessons, religion, sunday school programs, and others. School lesson plans are varied and teaching character development changes along with our social morals at any point in history.  

Necessity of Character Building Lesson Plans

Elementary and middle school teachers, often overloaded with teaching the core classes, struggle to fit a character education curriculum within their day.  However, educators, aware of the studies that show the positive results children have who participate in social and emotional learning programs with better grades, better attitude and better behavior. Teachers and school district administrators are out there looking for character education programs that would be the right fit for their school.  Many home school and charter school programs have been aware of the necessity for character building lesson plans and have found Camp MakeBelieve Kids to be the perfect fit.

At Camp MakeBelieve Kids, we believe that providing character education means building skills that give children the confidence to do what they know is right, basically to be good, follow the rules and behave appropriately, whether anyone is watching--or not.  

Sounds simple right? Consider this: good character comes from having good values.  Values are the belief system that we live by.  Family values can be similar, or they can be quite different.  Examples of family values are; children will get a good education, boys will not show emotion, we don’t go outside the family for help, show respect to people in authority.  According to Alfred Adler, the guru of child development, all children learn their family’s values by 4 years of age. So, theoretically, a child should have a good set of values when entering kindergarten and follow the school rules, get along with peers, participate and be eager for the next lesson.  We wish it were this easy!  At Camp MakeBelieve we realize there are many things that influence a child, for the good or bad.  An example is when a child comes from a value system that is very different from those of the school and puts negative peer pressure on other children.  Holding onto the good character children come to kindergarten with can become a battle if not addressed.  

Character Building and Camp MakeBelieve Kids

Camp MakeBelieve Kids curriculum teaches character education as part of a comprehensive social and emotional learning program.   The 8-Step Curriculum, 8 workbooks with social stories and 10 accompanying CDs with guided imagery, songs and musical play is a complete package that equips children with strategies and tools that will last them a lifetime.

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 Testimony

"The study really shines a light on something many parents look for, but seems to elude them. Validation that the program works --RESULTS. Isn't that the biggest question you get, "What will the program give my son or daughter...what can I expect...how long will it take to see results?" I'm very proud Jake is attending the Camp MakeBelieve Kids program. The changes he's made are priceless!"

Lauren Alvaraz