Intrapersonal Skills
- To understand what it means to be aware of one’s thoughts and feelings/ emotions
- To practice self-awareness by developing habits of checking in with oneself regularly
- To develop one’s emotional vocabulary to be able to better understand one’s feelings/ emotions and also to communicate them in a better way
- To learn to recognize an emotion or a set of emotions and understand different ways of managing them productively
- To develop and regularly practice habits that help manage the basic emotions of anger and fear in productive ways
- To understand the idea of mindfulness and its importance for self-care
- To develop and regularly practice and simple mindfulness exercises to increase focus and attention
- To use mindfulness practices to become more aware of one’s strengths and areas for improvement
Interpersonal Skills
- To understand and explore the art of listening and why it is beneficial for oneself and others
- To mindfully develop and practice habits of patience and listening to others during interactions
- To understand what empathy is by participating in role-playing and other activities
- To realize the benefits of empathy for oneself and the other and explore ways of being empathetic with immediate community members
- To develop an empathetic vocabulary and use it in appropriate situations
- To be able to use appropriate words to express one’s thoughts and feelings in school, family groups, peer groups, and immediate social groups.
- To develop practices that help in improving one’s vocabulary for daily interactions
- To learn to speak up when a situation demands, especially when one is feeling uncomfortable/ unpleasant
- To realize and understand that all interactions are a two-way path – one cannot receive unless one is ready to give as well
- To understand the importance of being able to speak freely and giving others a chance to speak freely as well, without judgments
- To understand the concepts of ethos, pathos, and logos and explore how each is used
Problem Solving Skills
- To understand the idea of brainstorming and its benefits
- To regularly practice brainstorming about different topics with peer groups and develop a sense of comfort and confidence to share one’s ideas
- To practice brainstorming as an activity without any judgments or assumptions – to understand that there are no right or wrong ideas; all ideas are important
- To explore researching as another tool for problem-solving
- To understand what it means to research and gather useful and reliable information
- To practice research as a tool to generate ideas
- To understand what an analogy is and how it can be a useful tool for problem-solving
- To practice and explore analogies of one’s own to arrive at ideas to tackle a given situation
Creative Thinking Skills
- To understand the concept of open-mindedness and how it applies to every aspect of our life
- To relate the idea of being open-minded to one’s own experiences and sharing them
- To explore open-mindedness as a tool that enables one to come up with creative ideas and solutions
- To develop and practice simple habits that help us keep our horizons wide open
- To understand the concept of lateral thinking and relate it to open-mindedness
- To explore how this is beneficial to oneself and others
- To explore different situations using lateral thinking as a tool
Social and Civic Skills
- To develop an awareness of how we live in a community and have certain duties and responsibilities towards our community
- To understand and relate to the idea of environmental awareness
- To explore and come up with a few ways of ensuring that one contributes towards keeping their immediate environments clean
- To understand and relate to the concept of citizenship
- To become aware of simple things one can do as a child to be a responsible citizen
- To relate environmental awareness to citizenship
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