Girls Only Vol 2
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According to national research of girls, fourth grade is the peak year for girls' self-esteem. Nine-year-old girls feel great about themselves. But by first year of high school it is a whole different story.
What suddenly happens to girls when they they start high school? Just before high school, girls' self-esteem plummets. "Starting in the pre-teen years, there is a shift in focus; the body becomes an all consuming passion and barometer of worth." At an alarmingly young age, girls start viewing their worth as tied up with sex appeal. They become passive, self-conscious, image-obsessed, and depressed. Ten years old is when girls start trying to look like the models they see in ads, and feeling bad when they don't measure up. They start pretending they are not that smart, because "smart" and "sexy" don't go together. Between 20 and 40 percent of ten year olds start dieting. And 73 percent of girls between the ages of eight and ten dress and talk like teenagers. There is an inevitable, poignant feeling about watching kids grow up. The happy, self-confident five-year-old, queen of the monkey bars, prides herself on climbing, jumping, and running like a nut. She puts on her own highly creative clothing combinations without a thought or a care about what other people might think is fashionable. She exudes pure joy--dampened, only briefly, when her big sister informs her about the somewhat limiting rules and social pressures of school. At eight she becomes slightly more inward and self- conscious. Still a goofy little kid, she is nonetheless highly sensitive to the pressure to conform, to act like the older kids, and to discard "baby" stuff. This drive to grow up may be a kind of universal law of human development. But the particular messages we send young girls about what it means to grow up in our culture are not innate or natural or immutable. Why on earth would we encourage little girls to become sex objects in fifth grade? And more importantly, what can we do to stop it? We adults have so much influence, whether we realize it or not. Whether or not exhorting kids to feel good about themselves has any effect at all on their self-esteem, helping them to do something they can be proud of is bound to help. Now more than ever there is an alternative to the depressing passivity of the old feminine ideal. But at the same time, our toxic "sexiness" culture has kept girls from making the gains in self-esteem. |
How to engage girls who lack confidence, motivation or have low self-esteem
Girls Only Vol 2
The How to Engage Girls Program - for use by Australian teachers wanting to give their female students the positive motivation they need to succeed at school and in life. The How to Engage Girls Program contains 14 self-paced teacher development modules. Also included is a teachers reference library, girls journal books and interactive reflection cards.
The How to Engage Girls Program - for use by Australian teachers wanting to give their female students the positive motivation they need to succeed at school and in life. The How to Engage Girls Program contains 14 self-paced teacher development modules. Also included is a teachers reference library, girls journal books and interactive reflection cards.
Module titles:
1. A girl’s need for social interaction 2. Empowering girls 3. Be an empowering teacher 4. Girls who struggle 5. Girl-friendly classrooms 6. Girls and difficult subjects 7. Girls and exam anxiety 8. Girls who try too hard 9. Girls’ confidence 10. Good girls syndrome 11. Managing yourself 12. Risk-taking and problem solving 13. The female brain 14. Women teaching girls workshop notes 
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Teaching Girls Program
1. Barriers to success 2. Creating a girls’ empowerment program in your school 3. Girl -friendly learning 4. Girl-friendly classrooms 5. Girls brain 6. Right-brained girls 7. Learning styles 8. Motivating girls to learn 9. Outstanding teacher 10. Girls Maths and Science 11. Encouraging girls in Maths and Science 12. Mathlete’s club 13. Secret life of teenage girls 14. Alice’s diary 15. Raising girls with a positive body image 16. Role models and mentors for girls 
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Girls Journal Library
1. Girls activity book – empowerment 2. Girls activity book – fun 3. Girls wellness journal 4. Risk-taking and problem solving 5. Being me 6. Body image journal 7. Girl talk journal 8. Girls confidence Interactive reflection cards 1. Student matters 2. Girls engagement cards 3. Secondary engagement cards 4. Girl-friendly classroom cards 5. Girl postcards |
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