Pick one task you do often, like organising your school bag or doing a chore. Aim to do it better than ever before! Think about steps you can take to make it your "personal best," such as doing it faster, more neatly, or with more focus.
Extension: once you have completed your task, think about how it felt to do this activity in a different way.
Getting Started: How do you know if something is too difficult for you?
Intermediate: Why is it important to be willing to take on new challenges?
Advanced: What resources might you need to achieve your goals?
Mastery: What steps do you need to put in place to make your goals happen?
Think of one person each day you can say something kind to, perhaps you could give them a compliment, say thank you or give them some encouragement.
Think about how you will deliver this message. Will you tell them in person or write it down?
Extension: Keep a journal of all the kind words you’ve shared throughout the week and how they were received.
Getting Started: How does this activity make you feel?
Intermediate: How could you use this activity to feel more positive when something goes wrong?
Advanced: How could this help you to look on the bright side of something?
Mastery: When might you have to support others to stay positive?
Imagine you can have any pet in the world, even if it does not exist: what pet would you have? Draw your pet and describe it. What does it eat? Where does it live?
Extension: Write a story about an adventure that your imaginary pet goes on.
Getting Started: How can you share what you imagine?
Intermediate: How can you come up with lots of different ideas?
Advanced: How can you combine different ideas to create new ones?
Mastery: How can you help someone else to be creative?
You are in charge of planning a birthday party for a friend. You have a limited amount of money and time. How will you make sure everyone has fun? Think about the activities, food, and decorations you could use.
Getting Started: What are the instructions?
Intermediate: How can you come up with lots of possible solutions?
Advanced: Why is it important to consider a range of solutions for problems?
Mastery: How might you choose between different solutions to a complex problem?
Think of something you're good at, like drawing, cooking, or playing a game. Teach a friend how to do that activity. Break it down into simple steps, and speak clearly so your friend can follow along.
Getting Started: How do we know if we are speaking clearly?
Intermediate: As you speak how can put your points into a logical order so you can be easily understood?
Advanced: How can you use tone, expression and gesture to make your speaking engaging?
Mastery: How can you adapt the content of what you are saying, in response to listeners?
Ask a family member or friend to describe their favourite place to you, like the seaside, a park, or a house. Without seeing any pictures, draw what you hear based on their description.
Extension: Swap roles! You describe something for someone else to draw. How similar is their drawing to what you imagined?
Getting Started: How can you make sure you are listening carefully?
Intermediate: What does it mean to summarise what you have heard?
Advanced: Why is summarising or rephrasing what you have heard useful sometimes?
Mastery: How might changing the language (words) used affect how you feel about something?
Work with other people in your household or a group of friends to build a landmark that has significance to you as a family or as a friendship group.
You should:
- Discuss and agree on a landmark that you will build
- Consider how you are going to build it, what materials do you already have that you could use?
- Divide up the work so that everyone has something to do
- Finally, build your landmark.
Extension: Afterwards, as a group reflect on what you have created. What worked really well? How could it be improved?
Getting Started: When do you find it easier (or more difficult) to work with others in a positive way?
Intermediate: Have you helped make decisions with others?
Advanced: How can you encourage others to help out too?
Mastery: What is an 'unhelpful conflict'? How can you avoid this when working with others?
Ask members of your family or friends about their strengths and talents and create a poster to celebrate the strengths of your family or friendship group.
You could ask:
- Which essenital skills are their strengths
- Any specific examples of when their strengths have shone through
- If they have any hidden talents.
Extension: Include yourself on the poster.
Getting Started: How can you find out about how others are feeling about something?
Intermediate: How can you find out more about strengths and weaknesses in others?
Advanced: How might you be able to motivate others to improve their weaknesses?
Mastery: What kind of leader would you like to be?
