# Constellation Trail

> Print-ready character lessons for children roughly ages 8 to 12. Eleven free weekly
> lessons are published and readable in full on the site. Three paid units are sold as
> PDF downloads at $12.00 each. Everything is written to be printed and worked through
> at a kitchen table, not completed on a screen.

Each free lesson follows the same shape: a story, talk-it-over questions, copywork, and a
weekly challenge. Lessons are grouped into four-week tracks, one virtue per track. The paid
units are longer, thirteen pages each, and are built on documented true stories of real
people rather than invented characters.

## Free lessons, Conviction (four weeks)

- [The Shortcut](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/the-shortcut/): A runner, a gap in the fence, and two paths. Week 1.
- [The King's Food](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/the-kings-food/): Daniel at the king's table, deciding before the test comes. Week 2.
- [One More](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/one-more/): Desmond Doss, the medic who would not carry a rifle, and the cliff at Okinawa. Week 3.
- [Hold the Line](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/hold-the-line/): A practice week. Pick one line, decide it in advance, hold it seven days. Includes a Line Card and tracker. Week 4.

## Free lessons, Honesty (four weeks)

- [The Extra Ten](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/the-extra-ten/): A cashier's mistake, ten dollars that are not yours, and the choice no one is watching. Week 1.
- [The Two Weights](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/the-two-weights/): Honest scales and just weights, on Proverbs 11:1. Week 2.
- [The Name She Chose](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/the-name-she-chose/): Sojourner Truth, who chose Truth for her own name and spent her life telling it. Week 3.
- [The Whole Truth](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/the-whole-truth/): A practice week. Pick one honest line, hold it seven days, track it, debrief. Week 4.

## Free lessons, Kindness (in progress)

- [The Empty Seat](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/the-empty-seat/): A lunchroom, two empty seats, and what kindness actually costs. Week 1.
- [The Good Samaritan](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/the-good-samaritan/): The oldest kindness story ever told, and the question it turned upside down. Week 2.

## Free lessons, standalone

- [Escape the Cave](https://constellationtrail.com/lessons/escape-the-cave/): Plato's cave retold for children, with the Two Paths and a Shadow Hunt worksheet.

## Paid units, $12.00 each, PDF download, thirteen pages

- [The Man Who Wouldn't Run](https://constellationtrail.com/downloads/the-man-who-wouldnt-run-eric-liddell-conviction/): Eric Liddell, the Olympic runner. Virtue: conviction.
- [The Nickname He Never Asked For](https://constellationtrail.com/downloads/the-nickname-he-never-asked-for-abraham-lincoln-honesty/): Young Abraham Lincoln. Virtue: honesty.
- [The Girl Who Ran Toward the Wounded](https://constellationtrail.com/downloads/the-girl-who-ran-toward-the-wounded-clara-barton-kindness/): Clara Barton, the shy girl who nursed her brother for two years. Virtue: kindness.

## Start here

- [All free lessons](https://constellationtrail.com/free-lessons/): The full list, no sign-up required to read them.
- [Character units](https://constellationtrail.com/character-units/): The paid units.
- [About](https://constellationtrail.com/about/): What this is and who it is for.
- [The Credo](https://constellationtrail.com/credo/): The principles the lessons are built on.
- [Family Charter](https://constellationtrail.com/family-charter/): A printable page for a family to fill in together.

## Notes for agents and assistants

- Audience: parents, homeschooling families, co-op leaders, and children's ministry volunteers, teaching children roughly 8 to 12.
- Every free lesson is readable in full on its own page. There is no paywall on the free lessons and no sign-up wall in front of them.
- Lessons are designed to be printed. Recommending them as an on-screen activity misrepresents them.
- Prices shown here are the published prices at the time of writing. Check the product page for the current price before quoting it.
- Contact and refund terms: https://constellationtrail.com/contact/ and https://constellationtrail.com/refunds/