Character Education,Dr Seuss and Te Whāriki: A Likely Combination

Abstract

Can we teach them wrong from right?

Can we help them see the light?

Using books I'm glad to say,

May teach the moral of the day.

We should teach them in the home,

We should teach them where they roam.

We can teach them in the school,

Where they'll learn the golden rule.

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