Confidence Building Skills

Self-confidence is foundational to successful, capable, and happy children that become successful, capable, and happy adults. Every aspect of our program is aimed at increasing self-confidence.

A 2013 meta-study titled “The relationship between structure and function in children’s learning and behavior” reviewed a wide range of studies on the effects of structure on children’s learning and behavior. The conclusions were that structure helps children develop self-discipline and self-regulation skills, which were important for academic success. When children have clear expectations (targets) and consistent routines (frameworks), they are more likely to focus and work efficiently. In terms of social performance, structured routines help children develop positive social skills and reduce disruptive behavior. When they have frameworks they are more likely to engage in positive social interactions and participate in ways that contribute to individual and group goals.

Built on that understanding, we empower our children with knowledge and practical ways it can be applied in their life. The simple habits and routines we teach are the kinds of frameworks research has shown children thrive on. The kind that builds self-confidence and personal development.

We teach a holistic system for personal wellbeing and confidence. Self-confidence is multifactorial. It’s affected by experience, environment, and metabolic health. An integrated approach, like our after school program, teaches children how to leverage all the factors that influence their mental and physical wellbeing because they’re interconnected.

We prompt personal exploration through our movement training, mindfulness, and nutrition modules. This gives children the opportunity to have a sense of equity in the experience so they can adapt and personalize the frameworks. This is how concepts become habits and routines. It’s also how children learn to attend to their own wellbeing, which engenders a sense of independence that increases self confidence.

We feel that self-confidence exists at the intersection of knowledge, structure, and personal exploration. These are the foundations of how we build confident, capable children.