Honesty?
Compassion?
Gratitude?
Kindness?
Creativity?
How do I 'teach' these things? These abstract nouns which don't come with step by step manuals and progress charts.
How do I teach someone how great it feels to make somebody else feel good?
I now realise that so many things cannot be taught, they can only be experienced and the learning be absorbed consciously or unconsciously by this embodied participation.
This is why I consider giving the boys a massage filled with love to be as valuable as doing their spelling test.
What do you value?