A MORAL MURAL

Younger children at Casa de Esperanza are growing — and they’ve got leaves to prove it. Vanesa, Esmeralda, Ana Maria and Merlin joined other young children in the community for time of learning all about personal values — think respect, friendship, honesty, patience and more. Following this lesson, the children each received a paper leaf with one of these values written on it, and went wild with markers and finger paints!

When the children finished, a staff member collected the artwork and hung all the leaves together to create a “tree” of values! That way, the children can see their work hanging up and be reminded to value “respeto,” “honestidad” and more.

It’s a beautiful (and colorful) reminder!