This season, Girls on the Run Greater Boston will post an overview of each week's lessons for families/guardians to follow along with their participants over the next 8 weeks.
Hello, Mountain Mover
Lesson 1: Our Mountain Mover Team!
Welcome to the Hello, Mountain Mover! season! We cannot wait for everyone on our GOTR team to start seeing themselves as Mountain Movers and activate their I Can! Power this season.
In Lesson 1, the big idea was Our GOTR Team. Together, we established group expectations to ensure everyone has an enjoyable, safe, and supportive experience. We learned about the season ahead and created and shared our GOTR Names!
At the end of practice, the team received their journals and learned about Energy Awards. The team will use these journals throughout the season to reflect on, celebrate, and record their learning, growth, and progress. Practice ends with Energy Awards when one or more participants are celebrated for exhibiting individual or team growth. For example, persevering, encouraging their teammates, showing gratitude, etc.
Questions and Conversation Starters
1. What is your GOTR Name? Why did you choose it?
2. What did you learn about your GOTR team?
Lesson 2: Recipe of Me!
The big idea in Lesson 2 was Recipe of Me! We learned what makes each of us unique by considering the ingredients that make us who we are, like our family, personality, interests, culture, etc. During the warm-up, the team moved and shared their unique ingredients to create our Team Recipe. The Team Recipe showed everyone the similarities we shared and the differences we could celebrate.
At the end of the lesson, the team was given their first GOTR Goal to help them use the concepts and skills learned at Girls on the Run at home, at school, and in their communities. To help them remember to complete the GOTR Goal, everyone received a GOTR Goal Tracker to take home and hang up somewhere special! Please help get these trackers posted somewhere visible to remind your GOTR participant about each lesson. The GOTR Goal for this lesson was: Share your recipe with someone outside of GOTR.
Questions and Conversation Starters
1. What is one thing you wrote down that makes you, YOU?
2. Where should we hang your GOTR Goal Tracker?
H&S V.1(2x a week)
Lesson 1
In Lesson 1, the Big Idea was that becoming a team takes time, effort, and support. The team established group expectations so that they can ensure everyone has an enjoyable, safe, and supportive season. For their first workout, they discussed what giving their full effort means to them, and they gave their full effort for ten minutes, whether that was running, walking, or a combination of the two. After the workout, the girls explored the Girl Wheel and its five parts, Body, Brain, Heart, Spirit, and Social, through a card game where they shared a little about themselves. Every practice ends with a Take Home Challenge. This lesson’s Take Home Challenge was to share about the Girl Wheel and what they learned about Heart & Sole.
Questions and Conversation Starters:
1. What is the Girl Wheel?
2. Why do you think becoming a team will take time, effort and support? (Share an example from your life.)
Lesson 2
The Big Idea in Lesson 2 was: self-awareness can help us grow. The girls made an initial self-assessment of how ready they are for the physical and emotional challenges they will face over the season and discussed their hopes and dreams for the next nine weeks. As a group, they delved deeper into the Girl Wheel and identified examples for all parts of the Wheel. The Girl Wheel represents living a balanced life, helps the girls identify personal goals and emotions, and teaches the girls how to understand and empathize with others. The Take Home Challenge for this lesson was to set a goal, using the Girl Wheel, that they would like to achieve by the end of the season.
Questions and Conversation Starters:
1. Let’s each name parts of the Girl Wheel where we feel we have strengths. Why do you feel these areas are strengths?
2. Tell me about your Take Home Challenge. (And possibly set your own goal as well.)