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Compass for Girls — About the Day
This fun and engaging workshop includes:
- Lively icebreakers and activities that are sure to get the girls talking and laughing
- Four 30-minute breakout sessions that correspond to the Compass points
- Takeaway items created to remember and reinforce the Compass experience
Your daughter’s schedule with Zoom links will be emailed to you the night before the workshop. She will be with the same small group throughout the workshop.
Compass for Girls
To help the girls develop their inner compass and apply what they learn at the workshop to their everyday lives, the Compass Curriculum is divided into four segments, corresponding with the directions on a compass.
Session Objectives for 4th Grade:
TRUE NORTH
- Explore basic self-awareness by identifying traits of ourselves
- Identify traits of healthy relationships and friendship red flags
GO WEST!
- Learn how to recognize, label and express feelings
- Learn how to respond mindfully (thoughtfully) to strong feelings
WHEN THINGS “GO SOUTH”
- Learn steps to problem solve
- Learn how to resolve relationship struggles
A PIECE of EAST
- Discuss the physical connections to experiencing emotions
- Teach the girls breathing techniques to help them address emotional responses
- Teach the girls yoga poses and visualization tools to help the girls learn how to calm their minds and bodies
Session Objectives for 5th Grade:
TRUE NORTH
- Learn the basics of self-awareness
- Learn how to be more self-accepting and challenge negative thoughts using affirmations
GO WEST!
- Explore some of the things that make us who we are and different from others
- Learn how to view things from someone else’s perspective
- Learn steps to resolving conflicts
WHEN THINGS “GO SOUTH”
- Learn a simple process for handling emotional responses
- Learn how to implement conflict resolution steps
- Learn the impact of spreading rumors
A PIECE of EAST
- Discuss self-acceptance and self-compassion in the practice of yoga
- Teach the girls breathing techniques to help them during conflict resolution
- Teach the girls yoga poses and visualization tools to help the girls learn how to calm their minds and bodies