Free Confidence lesson

Confidenc e ?

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What is Confidence?

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Goal: To increase children’s self-confidence Objectives: To - • Understand the meaning of Confidence

• Understand why Confidence is important

• Experience what Confidence feels and looks like

• Learn how to Boost their own Confidence

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Lesson 1

What is Confidence?

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Calming Exercise

What is Confidence?

The one minute calming exercise is to introduce the children to the practice of enjoying being silent and peaceful. This can be used at the beginning of every day or before any class activity to create peace, harmony and concentration in the classroom.

Choose an exercise from the CD provided or from the Resources Section.

10 MIN

INTRODUCTION

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Deliver the lesson below to the class by using the script provided and encouraging the children to ask questions and create discussion. This is also the time to introduce ‘PIP’ the puppet (Positive Inspiring Panda) to the class explaining that Pip will be helping out with the Mind Magic lessons and joining in the fun.

You can’t touch it, but it affects how you feel.

You can’t see it, but it’s there when you look at yourself in the mirror.

You can’t hear it, but it’s there every time you talk about yourself.

What is this important and mysterious thing?

It’s your Confidence!

The word Confidence means – * How you feel about yourself as a person. * It’s how much you value yourself * It’s how you see yourself and how you feel about your achievements.

Confidence is like good nutrition.

The more we have it the healthier and stronger we become.

Being Confident isn’t bragging about how great you are.

It’s more like quietly knowing that you’re worth a lot (priceless, in fact!).

It’s knowing that you’re worthy of being loved and accepted.

We are all ‘Unique’ which means that you are ‘one of a kind’, that you are an individual.

It also means that there is no-one else just like you.

Discuss/Share

Ask the children to pair up with a ‘Mind Magic Buddy’ that they sit next to. Ask them to discuss and share with each other the answers to the questions below.

Listen to a few answers whilst everyone is in discussion and then select one or two to explore further with the whole class.

• Why is Confidence important?

• How would you feel and look if you had Confidence?

‘You are a Walking Talking Miracle’ © 2009 Life Skills Programs.

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SYMBOL DESCRIPTION

Include Puppet

10 MIN

Delivery Time

Teacher Instruction

Teacher Script

PIP TAKES THE PLUNGE

Read the story to the children and then create a discussion using the questions below. Story in Resource Section.

This story has a very special message in it – so you need to be listening very carefully.

We were given 2 ears and one mouth, so we can listen twice as much as we speak!

After I have finished reading the story, I am going to ask you some questions and we will have a discussion.

QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION

Ask the children to pair up with a ‘Mind Magic Buddy’ that they sit next to. Ask them to discuss and share with each other the answers to the questions below.

Listen to a few answers whilst everyone is in discussion and then select one or two to explore further with the whole class.

Who can tell me what the message was in the story?

What would you have done in Pip’s situation?

Who has done something they feel very proud of and it boosted their confidence?

Who can tell me what the problem and the solutions was in the story?

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ACTIVITY

Pip takes the Plunge

Ask the children to draw a picture about the story.

Use the Activity Workbook.

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ENDING LESSON

Bring the children to the floor to signal the end of the lesson. Ask the question below to ensure the objectives have been met and that the children have understood and ‘experienced’ the lesson.

What was the one thing you learnt today about Confidence?

Choose a child who has participated and give them the honour of saying goodbye to PIP and put him away in his special place.

HOMEPLAY

Home play has been developed with the intention of children sharing what they learnt with their families.

Ask the children to teach a member of their family what they have learnt in the Confidence lesson.

© 2009 Life Skills Programs.

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What is Confidence?

STORY

Lesson 1

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Activity 1

What is Confidence – Lesson 1 Confidence is knowing that you are worth a lot. Confidence is like good nutrition. The more we have it the healthier and stronger we become.

Q. How would you feel and look if you had confidence?

Q In the story ‘PIP takes the plunge’ – what was the message that you got?

What is Confidence

Activity 1 – PIP TAKES THE PLUNGE

Draw a picture about the story Pip Takes the Plunge or about what you feel proud of.

Activity corresponds to Lesson 1, pg 4 WHAT IS CONFIDENCE of the Confidence Lessons Manual

Top tip:

Always know deep inside that you are already someone special!

© 2009 Life Skills Programs.

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