Program Description

kid-grit™ is a holistic approach to creating a well-rounded student. The curriculum is focused and committed to a developmental approach promoting the nourishment of a child’s intellect, emotion, and intuition, along with conditioning his/her body through delicious nutrient-dense food, movement, and breathing. In this way, we can holistically impact the whole child. By developing the mind through mindfulness and mindset, strengthening the body through nutrition and exercise, fueling connectivity through community involvement and teamwork, and nurturing skills around social media and technology usage, we will increase students’ awareness, connection to others, and commitment to the mental, physical, emotional, and communal aspects of their growth. Our concepts and activities will help students build their personal resilience and grit to become positive and productive contributors in their personal and professional lives. All of these elements are integrated to create a holistic model for today’s youth. This approach focused on the whole child has a variety of well-documented and researched impacts including seminal research on the Building Blocks for Learning (Stafford-Brizard, K., 2016). Students will build necessary life skills in the following areas: stress-management, self-control, increased productivity, and improved attention span in academic classes, sports, and the arts. They will develop a stronger sense of self and a ‘groundedness’ — all resulting in increased school attendance, higher academic performance, and a more thoughtful and intentional young person.

Cost

Pricing ranges from $210-$600

Intended Population

• Core
• Intervention

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Small group
• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• Unspecified

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• None

Scripted

• Unspecified

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• No

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Unspecified

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• No

Research Summary

No research found.

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence