Our Character work for the month of January is ORDERLINESS. 
 
ORDERLINESS: Arranging things to make your day easier.  
 
Why do we need to teach children that orderliness is important as a value? What important lessons can be learned? 
 
Orderliness helps us learn. 
Math problems are done step-by-step. If they are completed out of order, a student will never get to the correct answer. Science is the same—tides, seasons and the movement of planets, all these things occur in an order. Patterns are also important to graphics and mathematics. In addition, learning to read music requires understanding of order.  
 
Orderliness helps us to be effective.  
When we use order to make better use of our time and energy by being organized, we accomplish goals that help us achieve success. There is a right sequence to almost everything, and our lives often demand that we structure them in some kind of order.  
 
Orderliness must be modeled and taught. 
When there is order, children feel comfortable because they understand how they fit in and where their boundaries are. Rules and order provide emotional and psychological boundaries in which learning can take place.  
 
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Posted by: Amanda Higdon