Growing Great Girls: A Gender Responsive, Life Skills Curriculum

Growing Great Girls: A Gender-Responsive, Life-Skills Curriculum By Denise Bray, MS and Wendy Dougherty, M.Ed. Growing Great Girls, A Life Skills Curriculum for Girls, creatively blends research-based content with interactive exercises and meaningful worksheets. The curriculum is designed to meet the unique needs of girls, Middle & High School ages, guided by gender identity. Participation in this will create rich exchanges between girls that will result in the acquisition of life skills, self-expression, and attitudinal change.The 30-Window Box Life Skills Curriculum focuses on decision-making skills, social resiliency, critical thinking skills, emotional knowledge, self-discovery and practical skills across six developmental domains. These domains include physical, sexual, emotional, relational, intellectual, and spiritual.The Window Boxes are uniformly structured with a Quote of the Day, Objectives, Materials Needed, Jump Start Activity, Core Activity, Demonstration of Knowledge