Students activate their 'Heart Radar' to understand and share the feelings of others, practicing perspective-taking and compassionate response.
A 10-minute conversational lesson for 5th graders exploring the complexity of personal identity and cultural identifiers through Think-Pair-Share. Students will recognize that identity is made of many "threads" and that every culture has inherent value.
The final summit project where campers create their own 'Vibe Check' Zine—a personalized guide to their own relationship rights and standards.
A deep dive into fairness and power dynamics. Campers learn the difference between 'Leader-Leader' and 'Leader-Follower' dynamics in healthy relationships.
Normalizing rejection as part of the camp experience. Campers build a 'Resilience Toolkit' and learn how to bounce back from social setbacks.
A session focused on the 'Friendship Circle.' Campers use the Time Slice activity to visualize how to keep their 'bunkmate bonds' strong while catching feelings.
Campers learn to identify physical 'vibe checks'—gut feelings that signal safety or discomfort—and practice trusting their compass in social situations.
A social skills assessment and introductory lesson for 4th and 5th graders to identify needs in self-esteem, friendship, and impulse control.