One or more of her four values fill the top-left quarter of her crest, These will become her North Star as she matures, however, values can change just as we do.

In class, your daughter will hear how Thea discovers that her values can guide her, like the North Star, when she's unsure which way to go. Just the same as every school has a set of values to guide decisions.

At home, she'll use a paper labyrinth with her Fair Companion to experience how it can help us make decisions especially when considering our personal values.

HOW YOU CAN HELP 
     • Help them set up a quiet space to be together for around 1 hour.
     • Make sure she has her booklet and they both have paper labyrinths along with a pen each.
     • Ensure she chooses her four values before their conversation, perhaps you can do this together.
     • If she shares a next step she'd like to try, such as asking someone about their job, help her find a way to take it.

A tune that connects you 
In the story, the labyrinth hums a tune that Evelyn once sang to Thea's mum, and her mum sang to her. Her Fair Companion may be asked about a song passed down in your family. If you have one you sang to her when she was small, she may love to hear the story of where it came from.

Please remember 
Her values are the ones she feels drawn to now. You might have family values so don't worry if they are different. She's exploring what is important to her as a 14 year old girl. They can change as she grows, and that's part of the journey.

What she writes on her labyrinth is hers to keep. As Evelyn says in the story, some things are just between her and the labyrinth.

In the Compass Pavilion, you don't just guide her. You walk the labyrinth beside her, with questions of your own.

Before you meet 
She'll have chosen four values she feels drawn to now, from these:
Courage · Curiosity · Creativity · Kindness · Compassion · Integrity · Wisdom · Growth · Belonging · Respect · Community · Responsibility · Resourcefulness

She may add some of her own. Before you meet, choose four for yourself too.

Walking the paper labyrinth 
She may teach you how it works, just as Thea taught Evelyn. Let her lead.

1. Left to leave. On the inward path, each of you writes your questions, doubts or worries. She might start with a possibility from the Spark Tent.
2. At the centre, each of you chooses one of your four values to guide you.
3. Right to receive. With that value as your guide, write possible next steps along the outward path.

Follow your own labyrinth honestly. When she sees you bring a real question of your own, she learns that grown-ups are still finding their way too.

Questions to explore together
Take a moment beforehand to think about these:
• Which four values did you choose? Would you have chosen the same at 14?
• Which value do you see in her?
• Tell her about a time a value helped you choose which way to go.
• When did you feel scared, but do the brave thing anyway?
• Is there a song or tune that has been passed down in your family? Who sang it to you?

How to share your story 
Offer a short, honest memory, then turn the focus back to her. Your story is a doorway she walks through, not a room you dwell in.

The question to prepare for She'll ask:
"Which value do you see in me?" Come ready with one.
Think of one value you see in her and a small moment when she showed it. She may not recognise it in herself yet. Your example could help her see itshe was undecided on a particular value, you might be the one to tell her you've already seen it in her. After all, she doesn't have to be limited to 4 values. As Evelyn tells Thea, bravery rarely feels brave while you're doing it.

Keep it open 
• There are no right values. Hers may be different from yours, and that's something to celebrate.
• Her next steps should feel small and possible, not like a plan she must follow.
• What each of you writes is yours to keep. Share only what you want to. Some things are just between you and the labyrinth.

Before you finish 
Her last step is to write down "one next step I received." You might share one of your own too.

Your next visit explores the Hall of Mirrors, A place to discover personal truths.