Overview of the course

This course will help you teach young children essential life skills, become more self-confident, more aware of others and challenge them to grow.

It will walk you through 10 fundamental life skills essential for empowering children to become more positive and happier.

This is then supplemented with further resources to help reinforce their learning by way of illustrated story-books to illustrate these skills through FUN and a Personal Advancement Manual to put their skills into ACTION.

FUN and ACTION: two of the most powerful ways to learn.

Objectives

This course equips educators/parents with tools for children to develop a positive mindset to become the best they can be and be proud of it.

Content

There is a section for each of the life skills and each section will start with an explanation of the life skill and how it can be of benefit to the child.

After this there are two tasks for the child to complete. The child's progress must be monitored and reviewed at the end of each section.

• 10 Life Skills

1. - Courtesy
2. - Self-control
3. - Courage
4. - Respect
5. - Honesty
6. - Commitment
7. - Gratitude
8. - Self-discipline
9. - Goal-setting
10. - Persistence
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LEARNING THROUGH STORIES

• Learning with Kiki - illustrated children's books

- for 3 to 4-year-olds

- for 4 to 6-year-olds

LEARNING THROUGH ACTION

• Personal Advancement Manual

- for 3 to 4-year-olds

- for 4 to 6-year-olds

Ending with a CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

Learning outcomes

After working through the manuals and various educational aids, you will be able to help children adopt the following skills/mindsets/abilities:

• respect for others
• self-respect
• courteous and polite behaviour
• a sense of belonging and community
• brave to be themselves
• courage to resist peer pressure
• tolerance of differences
• managing stress and anxiety
• setting smart goals
• desire to achieve
• self-confidence
• happier disposition
• more positive mindset
• attitude of gratitude
• and much, much more

Resources

1. Explanatory videos x10 for each life skill

2. PDF downloads

- Exercise Book for Kids LifeSkills_101 (with the 10 Life Skills explained and exercises to do)

- Personal Advancement Manual (age-appropriate tasks for 3 to 4-year-olds)

- Personal Advancement Manual (age-appropriate tasks for 4 to 6-year-olds)

3. EXTRAS

- ebook of "A Case of Mistaken Identity" by Francesca Hepton for early readers

- Narrated video of "Kiki the Kung Fu Kitten" by Francesca Hepton for 2-4-year-olds

- Craft activities (colouring in, paper plate faces, etc.)

- Learning with Kiki (for 2-4-year-olds)

- Learning with Kiki (for 4 to 6-year-olds)

4. Choice of Certificates of Achievement