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Build life-skills for kids with dynamic and engaging experiences

Equip youth with essential tools for navigating the complexities of daily life and personal growth. Explorers curriculum provides direct instruction and explicit practice of building life skills to help build the foundation for personal development, positive mental health, and successful interaction with others.

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Elementary Curriculum

GRADE BANDS: preK-K, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6

Carefully designed to include all the components needed to positively impact the culture and climate of youth programs, the elementary curriculum includes fun and engaging: 

Routines

Routines

Promote and reinforce positive behaviors with research-based practices

Life Skills

Life Skills

Empower kids to understand & practice life skills  

Adventures

Adventures

Blend learning & life skills through engaging themed  activities

Discussions

Discussions

Facilitate structured group discussions on specific topics

Connections

Connections

Cultivate community through engaging group activities

Fitness

Fitness

Activate & strengthen kids with intentional movement sessions

Middle School Curriculum

GRADE BAND: 6-8

The focus for middle schoolers is on building leadership skills. This aligns with their developmental needs and empowers them to become responsible, compassionate, and capable leaders who positively impact their immediate environment and beyond. 

Cultivating leaders 

The same approach applies to middle school: the curriculum is carefully designed to include all the components needed to positively impact program culture and climate. 

Grades 6-8 curricula also include these components, designed to their developmental needs:

  • Routines
  • Life skills activities & discussions
  • Discussions 
  • Connections
  • Fitness
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Leadership 

Introduce key leadership principles & activities

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Service-Learning

Practice leadership through community-focused projects

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Virtual Field Trips

Explore leadership and future careers

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Life Skills

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Life Skills as "the abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life". There is a lot of crossover between life skills and social emotional learning (SEL). WHO's life skills cover what's included in most SEL frameworks but include other important skills such as creative and critical thinking that are not typically called out in many SEL frameworks.  

  • Decision-making
  • Problem-solving
  • Critical thinking
  • Creative thinking
  • Communication skills

  • Interpersonal skills
  • Self-awareness
  • Empathy
  • Coping with stress
  • Coping with emotions

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