Strengths Gym (R)

Strengths Gym offers practical lesson plans enabling teachers, parents, advisors, and consultants to teach children about their own and other's personal strengths. The material is based on findings from positive psychology and has been developed by a research psychologist and an experienced teacher. Strengths Gym looks at personal well-being from a positive perspective, by focusing on the strengths children already possess and would benefit from using more. The material presents a wide range of specific teaching strategies that can be immediately applied in various settings. Children learn to apply their own personal resources and develop their potential for the benefit of themselves and the community. The lesson plans can be used in general teaching, or in individual settings. This manual includes flexible, easy-to-use lesson plans and comprehensive student exercises exploring 24 universal strengths of character across three levels.