ABSTRACT
Humans are sociable beings and like to live together in groups or communities. If these communities are to work well, we need to look after one another and ensure that each member of the group is treated with consideration. Whether an action is described as moral or immoral, right or wrong, is dependent on the effect it has on the welfare of other people. We learn moral values from the people who surround us and eventually we internalise them and many of our emotions are associated with how well we feel we have kept, or failed to keep, the codes of moral behaviour that we learned when we were young. Circle Time uses six Golden Rules to teach moral values. The Golden Rules bring concepts of morality and responsibility into the forefront of children's minds and enable them to become more aware of their right to speak, and their responsibility to listen.
