Elementary School Workshops

Strutting Beauty on the Inside™

For girls Grades 4-8

Objective:

The premise of the workshop is to enhance confidence and empower girls to be strong, influential females who believe in themselves. Through self-actualization exercises they discover their unique personality traits, virtues, character and beauty on the inside!

Diamond Mining 101:
We'll lift the fog that has been hiding a girl's essence and put the spotlight on what we have got going for us instead of what we don't.

Taking Control!
In this session girls will become more empowered by running with what they can control and they learn how to let go of what they can't. They will also be taught to recognize self-doubt triggers so they can immediately regain a secure and confident feeling.

Imprinting:
By learning to imprint positive self-talk messages that relate to honoring oneself, girls hear their own inner applause. Respect: The definition of various kinds of respect becomes clear during a game that shows the many different ways to show respect for their things, people and themselves.

The Savvy Problem Solver:
Girls learn how to confidently solve or manage any problems so that they can continue to move forward and stay focused on their bright futures. They learn an effective method to deal with a bully and how to prepare an endurance plan for the inevitable "bad" days that strike everyone from time to time.

Relationships 101:
Girls get top relationship tips and learn about deal breakers. They also learn key phrases that will extinguish conflict before it becomes overwhelming.

All about Me:
"If you really knew me, you'd know..." This eye-opening fun exercise helps girls to recognize that they are not alone in their thoughts and feelings.

The March of Goal Setters:
All successful people have goals. Girls pick from hundreds of doable mini goals.

General Information:

• ½ day workshop
• Girls in Grades 4, 5 and 6 (presented as one group) Grades 7 and 8 are one group.
• One practical option is to have girls present what they learned in Strutting Beauty on the Inside to younger grades.
• The self-esteem strategies and tools presented are developed by me, tried on thousands of kids, and will not have been seen before. Staff can use all of the success strategies again and again, year after year.

Flexing From the Inside...a new kind of tough ™

Guys Grades 4-8

Objective:

This workshop is powerful, fast-paced, fun and interactive. Flexing from the inside is about flexing muscles from the inside such as determination, resourcefulness and originality to name a few. It shows guys how they can still be macho and manly by flexing muscles on the inside - it's a new kind of tough.

Flexing:
Guys quickly discover the appeal of this concept. It's not just for the most popular guy, strongest, smartest, and coolest or the best at basketball - everyone can do it. They begin with an obstacle course that shows them how to flex muscles on the inside.

The Power of Imprinting:
Guys learn about positive self talk and the power of gradual which is making one small change each day. During the gripping mind-flexing segment, you can hear a pin drop, no matter how large an audience.

Respect segment:
The exciting airplane activity make obvious the meaning of respect.

Action and Obstacles:
Guys enjoy an inspiring 12 minute film created by a determined 18 year old guy who was the first Canadian youth to train (taekwondo) with the famous Shaolin monks and film in their temple. He was also bullied as a child. We examine the ever-so-simple lesson: "negative action = negative reaction and positive action = positive reaction."

Muscles in Review:
The workshop comes full circle in the final segment when the guys race for 5 colourful cards that reward them for flexing their Brain muscle.

Length: ½ day
This is a highly interactive workshop with lots of new confidence-building strategies.

Leadership - from the inside out!

Guys and Girls together Grades 4-8

I believe that it is much easier to lead when youth first understand how to lead themselves. This workshop covers leadership from the inside-out

1. Choose the 8 topics that appeal to you and e-mail them back. Be sure to list them in the order that you would like them delivered.
2. I will design a personalized, interactive leadership workshop that meets the needs of your school and it's students.

Choose topics in order of priority:

1. Ordinary to Extraordinary...Leading a Big Life
2. Your super power of Inspiration and Influence.
3. How to open the Windows and Doors of Opportunity.
4. Presentation Skills - stand up and speak out
5. How to motivate the unmotivated!
6. Self-Esteem Essentials 101
7. Deal Breakers
8. Boundaries (the prisons you build yourself)
9. Control (what you can and can't control)
10. The Critical Thinker -problem solving/problem management.
11. Relationships - an RX for all personalities. (includes Conflict Busting phrases)
12. Communication - best practices
13. Body Talk - what yours is saying.
14. How to take back your power from stress and anxiety.
15. How to be Fearless
16. Goal Setters Success
17. Your Future ... 5 years from now

General Information
If your school is small, consider having another school join you. This workshop is interactive, entertaining and motivating! This is an impactful workshop with lots of handouts.

Length: Full day workshop