First impressions are lasting ones! Cultivating a positive, confident character matters.
A person has only 7 seconds from the time they meet another person to establish their “first impression”. Character education, social and dining etiquette were traditionally taught at home for many centuries. However, times have drastically changed!
The amount of time parents spend instructing and teaching their children life skills has diminished. Children up to 8 spend an average of 2 hours 19 minutes a day on a screen media; ages 8 – 12 spend an average of 4 hours 36 minutes per day; and ages 12 and up spend an average of 4 hours 30 minutes on screen media per day and 6 hours with all media.
Cultivating Character is a uniquely designed class to teach students how to make that positive “first impression” and help them learn an array of life skills to confidently present themselves in a variety of diverse settings.
TOPICS INCLUDE
- Understand the rules of introductions
- Learn how to properly shake hands
- Promote proper clothing selection for any occasion
- Correct protocol for phone calls and texts
- Learn what having good manners entails
- Understand the appropriate time to stand
- What is expected when dining out
- Proper table manners
- Learn the five uses of the napkin
- Creating good “first impression”
- Identify the reasons why respect and courtesy are necessary in every area of one’s life
- Understand the full ramification of social networking sites
- To develop the children’s verbalization skills
- To practice speaking clearly on the phone
- How to handle a 911 call
- How to set up a place setting..and much, much more!
CLASS STRUCTURE
Cultivating Character contains 15 Lessons. This interactive training is available for age groups 3yr old – 5yr old; Elementary School aged Boys and Girls; Middle School aged Girls; Middle School aged Boys; and High School aged Boys and Girls.
Cultivating Character’s 15 Lessons are learning building blocks that can be structured to build customized program to fit your organizations need.
CLASS SCHEDULE
Cultivating Character is offered in two formats to meet your needs:
A. Classes meet weekly for 6 weeks and end in an elegant 5-course culminating meal at a local restaurant
B. Summer Time 2-Day Weekend classes meet on Friday & Saturday 9:00am-12 noon. 3-Day Weekend classes meet Thursday-Saturday 9:00am-12 noon. Weekend classes end with a parent wrap-up, presentations and family photo opportunity
COST OF CLASS
Cultivating Character 15 lesson classes per student.
Customized Cultivating Character classes can be developed at $20 per lesson per student
