Ages 6-14 · Book 4, Discernment · 4,299 places
Impulse and the Pause
The gap between the impulse and the action, made visible enough for a child to aim at.
Built on Ellis Abel and the Two Wolves Within — “Choose what you feed within.” A character series, not a curriculum with a worldview attached.
The five sessions
- Session 1
Read the story and name the two voices in it
- Session 2
List what actually went in today — watched, scrolled, heard, said
- Session 3
Sort the list: which one did each thing feed
- Session 4
Each child changes ONE input before the next session
- Session 5
Come back and ask what changed, without judging the answer
Questions leaders ask
Is impulse and the pause in your area a religious program?
No. Ellis Abel is a character series. Each volume carries one named core value — this one is discernment — and the story does the teaching. There is no doctrine in it, nothing to opt out of, and it is used in public schools, libraries and secular programs as readily as anywhere else.
What ages does this work for?
Ages 6-14. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is fully in it, and the discussion prompts are written in two bands so one adult can hold a mixed-age room.
How long does a session take in a your area classroom?
Twenty to thirty minutes, structured as read-aloud, small group, and one step each child names out loud before they leave the room.
Does this need a specialist to deliver?
No. It is written for the classroom teacher, the counselor, or whoever has the room that period. The leader script carries the questions and the follow-ups.
The rules that make it work
This takes no side on any platform
No app is named as good or bad. That is what makes it usable in a public school, and it is also what makes it still true in three years.
Teach the question, not the rule
Rules expire when the technology changes. "Who made this and what do they want from me" works on something that has not been invented yet.
The child writes the rule
A limit imposed from above is complied with until it can be evaded. A limit a child helped write is one they can explain to a friend.
Adults do the inventory too
A grown-up listing their own real day, honestly, in front of the children, is the moment the session stops being a telling-off.
Self-talk is an input
The harshest voice most children hear is their own, and it is on the list with everything else because it works the same way.
Nobody is shamed for their list
The first honest inventory is always ugly. A room that reacts to that is a room that will only ever see edited lists afterwards.
Impulse and the Pause by metro area
Northeast
- Impulse and the Pause — New York, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Philadelphia, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Boston, MA
- Impulse and the Pause — Pittsburgh, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Providence, RI
- Impulse and the Pause — Hartford, CT
- Impulse and the Pause — Buffalo, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Rochester, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Bridgeport, CT
- Impulse and the Pause — Albany, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Worcester, MA
- Impulse and the Pause — Allentown, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Poughkeepsie metro area, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Syracuse, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Harrisburg, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — New Haven, CT
- Impulse and the Pause — Portland, ME
- Impulse and the Pause — Scranton, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Lancaster, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — York, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Springfield, MA
- Impulse and the Pause — Waterbury, CT
- Impulse and the Pause — Reading, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Manchester, NH
- Impulse and the Pause — Trenton, NJ
- Impulse and the Pause — Atlantic City, NJ
- Impulse and the Pause — Utica, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Norwich, CT
- Impulse and the Pause — Erie, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Binghamton, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Barnstable, MA
- Impulse and the Pause — Burlington, VT
- Impulse and the Pause — Kingston, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Amherst, MA
- Impulse and the Pause — Chambersburg, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Bangor, ME
- Impulse and the Pause — State College, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Vineland, NJ
- Impulse and the Pause — Lebanon, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Johnstown, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Pittsfield, MA
- Impulse and the Pause — Glens Falls, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Altoona, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Lewiston, ME
- Impulse and the Pause — Williamsport, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Watertown, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Gettysburg, PA
- Impulse and the Pause — Ithaca, NY
- Impulse and the Pause — Elmira, NY
Midwest
- Impulse and the Pause — Chicago, IL
- Impulse and the Pause — Detroit, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Minneapolis, MN
- Impulse and the Pause — St. Louis, MO
- Impulse and the Pause — Cincinnati, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Kansas City, MO
- Impulse and the Pause — Columbus, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Indianapolis, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Cleveland, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Milwaukee, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Grand Rapids, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Omaha, NE
- Impulse and the Pause — Dayton, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Des Moines, IA
- Impulse and the Pause — Madison, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Akron, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Wichita, KS
- Impulse and the Pause — Toledo, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Springfield, MO
- Impulse and the Pause — Lansing, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Fort Wayne, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Youngstown, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Flint, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Canton, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Davenport, IA
- Impulse and the Pause — Ann Arbor, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Peoria, IL
- Impulse and the Pause — Lincoln, NE
- Impulse and the Pause — Rockford, IL
- Impulse and the Pause — Green Bay, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — South Bend, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Sioux Falls, SD
- Impulse and the Pause — Duluth, MN
- Impulse and the Pause — Cedar Rapids, IA
- Impulse and the Pause — Evansville, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Fargo, ND
- Impulse and the Pause — Kalamazoo, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Appleton, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Champaign, IL
- Impulse and the Pause — Topeka, KS
- Impulse and the Pause — Rochester, MN
- Impulse and the Pause — Lafayette, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Columbia, MO
- Impulse and the Pause — Joplin, MO
- Impulse and the Pause — Elkhart, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Springfield, IL
- Impulse and the Pause — St. Cloud, MN
- Impulse and the Pause — Racine, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Saginaw, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Iowa City, IA
- Impulse and the Pause — Muskegon, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Eau Claire, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Oshkosh, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Bloomington, IL
- Impulse and the Pause — La Crosse, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Terre Haute, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Waterloo, IA
- Impulse and the Pause — Kenosha, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Janesville, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Bloomington, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Jackson, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Traverse City, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Rapid City, SD
- Impulse and the Pause — Monroe, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Jefferson City, MO
- Impulse and the Pause — Niles, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Sioux City, IA
- Impulse and the Pause — Bismarck, ND
- Impulse and the Pause — Wausau, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Manhattan, KS
- Impulse and the Pause — Springfield, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Battle Creek, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Ames, IA
- Impulse and the Pause — Mansfield, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Lawrence, KS
- Impulse and the Pause — St. Joseph, MO
- Impulse and the Pause — Sheboygan, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Muncie, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Sandusky, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Michigan City, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Kankakee, IL
- Impulse and the Pause — Grand Forks, ND
- Impulse and the Pause — Mankato, MN
- Impulse and the Pause — Fond du Lac, WI
- Impulse and the Pause — Bay City, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Lima, OH
- Impulse and the Pause — Dubuque, IA
- Impulse and the Pause — Decatur, IL
- Impulse and the Pause — Cape Girardeau, MO
- Impulse and the Pause — Columbus, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Kokomo, IN
- Impulse and the Pause — Midland, MI
- Impulse and the Pause — Grand Island, NE
- Impulse and the Pause — Minot, ND
South
- Impulse and the Pause — Dallas, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Houston, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Atlanta, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Washington, DC
- Impulse and the Pause — Miami, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Tampa, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Orlando, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Charlotte, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Baltimore, MD
- Impulse and the Pause — San Antonio, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Austin, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Nashville, TN
- Impulse and the Pause — Virginia Beach, VA
- Impulse and the Pause — Jacksonville, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Raleigh, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Oklahoma City, OK
- Impulse and the Pause — Louisville, KY
- Impulse and the Pause — Richmond, VA
- Impulse and the Pause — Memphis, TN
- Impulse and the Pause — Birmingham, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Tulsa, OK
- Impulse and the Pause — Greenville, SC
- Impulse and the Pause — New Orleans, LA
- Impulse and the Pause — Knoxville, TN
- Impulse and the Pause — Sarasota metro area, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — McAllen, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Charleston, SC
- Impulse and the Pause — Baton Rouge, LA
- Impulse and the Pause — El Paso, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Columbia, SC
- Impulse and the Pause — Cape Coral, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Lakeland, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Greensboro, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Little Rock, AR
- Impulse and the Pause — Deltona, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Winston-Salem, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Palm Bay, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Augusta, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Durham, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Fayetteville, AR
- Impulse and the Pause — Jackson, MS
- Impulse and the Pause — Chattanooga, TN
- Impulse and the Pause — Port St. Lucie, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Huntsville, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Pensacola, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Lexington, KY
- Impulse and the Pause — Killeen, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Wilmington, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Corpus Christi, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Ocala, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Savannah, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Brownsville, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Gulfport, MS
- Impulse and the Pause — Myrtle Beach, SC
- Impulse and the Pause — Lafayette, LA
- Impulse and the Pause — Asheville, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Naples, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Mobile, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Spartanburg, SC
- Impulse and the Pause — Beaumont, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Tallahassee, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Fayetteville, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Montgomery, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Shreveport, LA
- Impulse and the Pause — Hickory, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Lubbock, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Huntington, WV
- Impulse and the Pause — Gainesville, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Clarksville, TN
- Impulse and the Pause — Columbus, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Roanoke, VA
- Impulse and the Pause — Hagerstown, MD
- Impulse and the Pause — Fort Walton Beach metro area, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Kingsport, TN
- Impulse and the Pause — Waco, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Longview, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — College Station, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Tuscaloosa, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Laredo, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Slidell, LA
- Impulse and the Pause — Amarillo, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Lynchburg, VA
- Impulse and the Pause — Daphne, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Tyler, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Lake Charles, LA
- Impulse and the Pause — Hilton Head Island, SC
- Impulse and the Pause — Macon, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Fort Smith, AR
- Impulse and the Pause — Panama City, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Charlottesville, VA
- Impulse and the Pause — Gainesville, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Athens, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Monroe, LA
- Impulse and the Pause — Punta Gorda, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Jacksonville, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Johnson City, TN
- Impulse and the Pause — Lexington Park, MD
- Impulse and the Pause — Warner Robins, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Auburn, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Florence, SC
- Impulse and the Pause — Charleston, WV
- Impulse and the Pause — Houma, LA
- Impulse and the Pause — Bowling Green, KY
- Impulse and the Pause — Dover, DE
- Impulse and the Pause — Midland, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Burlington, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Abilene, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Jackson, TN
- Impulse and the Pause — Greenville, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Blacksburg, VA
- Impulse and the Pause — Odessa, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Vero Beach metro area, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Homosassa Springs, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Decatur, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Hattiesburg, MS
- Impulse and the Pause — The Villages metro area, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Florence, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Dothan, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Sherman, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Valdosta, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Winchester, VA
- Impulse and the Pause — Wichita Falls, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Rocky Mount, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Alexandria, LA
- Impulse and the Pause — Dalton, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Texarkana, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Albany, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Morgantown, WV
- Impulse and the Pause — Hammond, LA
- Impulse and the Pause — Harrisonburg, VA
- Impulse and the Pause — Jonesboro, AR
- Impulse and the Pause — Wheeling, WV
- Impulse and the Pause — Cleveland, TN
- Impulse and the Pause — Salisbury, MD
- Impulse and the Pause — Staunton, VA
- Impulse and the Pause — Morristown, TN
- Impulse and the Pause — Elizabethtown, KY
- Impulse and the Pause — Lawton, OK
- Impulse and the Pause — Goldsboro, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — San Angelo, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Brunswick, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Anniston, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Owensboro, KY
- Impulse and the Pause — Steubenville, WV
- Impulse and the Pause — Sebring, FL
- Impulse and the Pause — Pinehurst, NC
- Impulse and the Pause — Beckley, WV
- Impulse and the Pause — Sumter, SC
- Impulse and the Pause — Gadsden, AL
- Impulse and the Pause — Paducah, KY
- Impulse and the Pause — Rome, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Victoria, TX
- Impulse and the Pause — Hot Springs, AR
- Impulse and the Pause — Hinesville, GA
- Impulse and the Pause — Parkersburg, WV
- Impulse and the Pause — Enid, OK
- Impulse and the Pause — Eagle Pass, TX
West
- Impulse and the Pause — Los Angeles, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Phoenix, AZ
- Impulse and the Pause — Riverside, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — San Francisco, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Seattle, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — San Diego, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Denver, CO
- Impulse and the Pause — Portland, OR
- Impulse and the Pause — Sacramento, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Las Vegas, NV
- Impulse and the Pause — San Jose, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Salt Lake City, UT
- Impulse and the Pause — Fresno, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Tucson, AZ
- Impulse and the Pause — Honolulu, HI
- Impulse and the Pause — Bakersfield, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Albuquerque, NM
- Impulse and the Pause — Boise, ID
- Impulse and the Pause — Oxnard, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Stockton, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Colorado Springs, CO
- Impulse and the Pause — Provo, UT
- Impulse and the Pause — Ogden, UT
- Impulse and the Pause — Spokane, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — Reno, NV
- Impulse and the Pause — Modesto, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Santa Rosa, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Visalia, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Vallejo, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Salem, OR
- Impulse and the Pause — Santa Maria, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Salinas, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Anchorage, AK
- Impulse and the Pause — Eugene, OR
- Impulse and the Pause — Greeley, CO
- Impulse and the Pause — Fort Collins, CO
- Impulse and the Pause — Boulder, CO
- Impulse and the Pause — Kennewick, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — Olympia, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — Merced, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Bremerton, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — San Luis Obispo, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Bend, OR
- Impulse and the Pause — Yakima, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — Santa Cruz, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Prescott metro area, AZ
- Impulse and the Pause — Bellingham, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — Las Cruces, NM
- Impulse and the Pause — Lake Havasu City, AZ
- Impulse and the Pause — Yuma, AZ
- Impulse and the Pause — Medford, OR
- Impulse and the Pause — St. George, UT
- Impulse and the Pause — Chico, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Billings, MT
- Impulse and the Pause — Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Impulse and the Pause — Yuba City, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Redding, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — El Centro, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Idaho Falls, ID
- Impulse and the Pause — Pueblo, CO
- Impulse and the Pause — Grand Junction, CO
- Impulse and the Pause — Logan, UT
- Impulse and the Pause — Maui, HI
- Impulse and the Pause — Santa Fe, NM
- Impulse and the Pause — Hanford, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Flagstaff, AZ
- Impulse and the Pause — Mount Vernon, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — Napa, CA
- Impulse and the Pause — Albany, OR
- Impulse and the Pause — Bozeman, MT
- Impulse and the Pause — Missoula, MT
- Impulse and the Pause — Wenatchee, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — Sierra Vista, AZ
- Impulse and the Pause — Twin Falls, ID
- Impulse and the Pause — Farmington, NM
- Impulse and the Pause — Longview, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — Cheyenne, WY
- Impulse and the Pause — Corvallis, OR
- Impulse and the Pause — Helena, MT
- Impulse and the Pause — Fairbanks, AK
- Impulse and the Pause — Pocatello, ID
- Impulse and the Pause — Grants Pass, OR
- Impulse and the Pause — Great Falls, MT
- Impulse and the Pause — Casper, WY
- Impulse and the Pause — Lewiston, ID
- Impulse and the Pause — Walla Walla, WA
- Impulse and the Pause — Carson City, NV
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