Life Skills Posters  Twenty‐one positive character traits or virtues with short definitions and images capturing the essence of each:  

• Caring • Common Sense • Cooperation • Courage • Curiosity • Effort • Flexibility • Friendship • Generosity • Humility • Initiative • Integrity • Organization • Patience • Perseverance • Pride • Problem Solving • Punctuality • Resourcefulness • Responsibility • Sense of Humor 

 Created for a Seventh‐day Adventist elementary classroom in North America by Kathryn Hickerson.   

Caring 

 

 To think about the 

feelings, concerns, and worries of others. 

Common Sense  

  

Ordinary ‐ good judgment that people have without 

being taught. 

Cooperation  

  

The act or process of working or acting 

together. 

Courage  

   The quality that makes a person able to face danger 

or difficulty bravely. 

Curiosity 

  

A desire to know or learn something unusual, strange, or rare. 

Effort  

    

The use of physical or mental energy to do 

something. 

 

Flexibility  

    Ability to bend, change, or 

adapt to suit new conditions. 

Friendship  

    

The feeling of warmth toward another person. 

Generosity  

  

The quality of being willing to give or share 

unselfishly. 

Humility  

    

Thinking or speaking about others before self. 

Initiative

The ability to begin or carry out a task or a plan to

success.

Integrity

 

Complete honesty. 

Organization

   

A way in which materials are put together or 

arranged. 

Patience

Being able to tolerate trouble, hardship, annoyance, or delay without complaining.

Perseverance

To continue to try to do something, despite obstacles or

difficulties.

Pride

A sense of one’s own dignity or worth

as a child of God

Problem Solving

Finding an answer or solution to a question or situation that is difficult.

Punctuality

Acting, providing materials, or arriving on time.

Resourcefulness

Using what is available to benefit a

current need.

Responsibility

Taking duty and obligation seriously.

Sense of Humor

The ability to see and enjoy what is comical or funny.