Elementary & Middle School
An Exercise in Happiness
Boosting self-Esteem, self-confidence and emotional intelligence are at the root of An Exercise in Happiness™ and children in this age group deserve to be given the tools to help them develop these qualities.
Well within the window of opportunity to instill emotional intelligence, children in third to fifth grade are also in the midst of developing beliefs about themselves, other people and the world they live in and An Exercise in Happiness uses techniques and activities to help kids lay the foundation for empowering beliefs that will benefit them for a lifetime.
The lessons within the character ed program, An Exercise in Happiness, are put into action through daily and weekly activities like gratitude journaling, emotional and moral strength recognition, goal setting and creative visualization, just to name a few.
What Some Experts Have Said About An Exercise in Happiness©
"Scientific research confirms that happiness is a 'learnable' skill. An Exercise in Happiness teaches children the tools they need to create for themselves a joyful and happy life." — Marci Shimoff, NY Times Bestselling author, Love For No Reason, Happy For No Reason, and Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul and featured teacher in The Secret. http://www.happyfornoreason.com/
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"Patrick McMillan has done a superb job of presenting sound psychological principles for a happy, successful life in a way that young kids can understand and use. Schools that adopt it as a textbook will be doing their students–and themselves!–a great favor." — Izzy Kalman, author, Bullies to Buddies: How to turn your enemies into friends. http://www.bullies2buddies.com
