Girl Power! Building Friendship Skills, Self-Confidence, and Self-Awareness

Friendships are amazing, but they can also be confusing and hard. Friendships can be tough, especially for young girls trying to find themselves in life and build confidence to tackle the big world in front of them! Friendships and social situations at this age can be tricky, and knowing how to handle those situations can be even trickier. 

These lessons feature:
✔️ interactive, engaging lessons on Nearpod with a licensed school counselor 
✔️support tor building confidence and self-awareness
✔️strategies for navigating friendships
✔️tips for curbing catty behaviors that often lead to drama among peers
✔️encouragement for being a positive friend who communicates in a positive manner
✔️tips and strategies for handling conflict with their peers
✔️strategies for building positive, strong, and healthy friendships


🌟During each lesson, your learner will complete a simple 'tips and strategies' resource sheet. These sheets can be combined to create a friendship handbook which is a great resource to look back at when friendship issues arise!


Here is what an Outschool parent has to say about this class:
💬 "This was such a fun and engaging class for my daughter!!! We truly enjoyed having her be a part of it. My daughter highly recommends this class to other girls looking to learn and grow into a wonderful friend, while growing healthy relationships along the way."



Each lesson contains:
😊interactive slides on Nearpod to present the topic
😊a follow-up or embedded activity such as a game, printable, group activities, and crafts
😊strategies for applying the tips to daily life and friendships
😊a printout that can be kept in a journal for future reference

Weekly Topics:

1/15: Navigating conflict and bullying
1/22: Don't fuel the drama fire
1/29: Making new friends
1/19 and 2/5: Reaching Out to Connect with Others
1/26 and 2/12: The Magnet Myth of Friendship | Finding Common Ground
2/2 and 2/19: Avoiding the Friendship Tug-of-War


2/9 and 2/26: How healthy are my friendships?
2/16 and 3/5: How are my friendship skills: listening and managing jealousy
2/23 and 3/12: How are my friendship skills: being accepting and trustworthy
3/2 and 3/19: How are my friendship skills: good communicator and being kind & respectful
3/9 and 3/26: How are my friendship skills: being flexible, honest, and having a positive attitude
3/16 and 4/2: The friendship pyramid
3/23 and 4/9: What qualities do I like in friends?
3/30 and 4/16: Negative and great friendships
4/6 and 4/23: Oops! I wish I wouldn't have said that/Managing big emotions
4/13 and 4/30: Communication dos and dont's
4/20 and 5/7: Speaking up with "I power" when your friend isn't treating you the way you want to be treated
4/27 and 5/14: Tricky friendship scenarios | What should I do?
5/4 and 5/21: Navigating conflict and bullying
5/11 and 5/28: Don't fuel the drama fire
5/18 and 6/4: Making new friends
5/25 and 6/11: Reaching Out to Connect with Others
6/18: The Magnet Myth of Friendship | Finding Common Ground
6/25: Avoiding the Friendship Tug-of-War

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🌟Meet our All Star teaching team!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Uj-ioFqc4jWD3fbWlF7LhUzsyhm5eX6P6Imuzvai7og/edit?usp=sharing

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🌟Leaves of Learning Academy is rated "Popular" by Outschool because we are in the top 10% of all teachers on Outschool. This means we offer classes that are in high demand that fill up quickly! 🌟We have taught over 7,100 learners on Outschool!