Brilliant Me & My Confidence is specifically designed to help your child:

• Feel confident
• Learn to like themselves
• Feel liked and accepted
• Feel proud of what they can do
• Think good things about themselves
• Believe in themselves

Children who are lacking in confidence often don’t feel good about themselves, are self-critical, doubt they can do well and tend to focus on their failures rather than their successes. Our 5 day course uses the power of story to help children explore how to accept and believe in themselves. Each day two stories are shared with the children based around confidence and then activities are completed to help them link the learning within the story to their everyday lives. Daily mindfulness activities are included to help the children learn to manage their emotions, as well as a daily ‘mission’ which is a simple task set to challenge them to embed their learning. Brilliant ‘Billy’ the bunny accompanies the children throughout the week and is used as a distancing tool; talking about certain situations Billy might lack confidence in can sometimes be an easier step than talking directly about our own experiences. 

The stories shared in The Brilliant Me & My Confidence course are based around the following themes:

• Inner strength
• Being different
• Self-acceptance
• Not listening to the crowd & being who you want to be
• Having the confidence to try new things
• Making ourselves visible to others

One example of the stories shared during the week is the delightfully charming ‘Perfectly Norman’ by Tom Percival. This is described as a bold and uplifting book about daring to be different and having the courage to dance to your own tune- perfect for soothing even the biggest worries. The story is shared and discussed as a group, followed by an activity to explore what we often try and hide about our own personalities. The children make their own pair of ‘wonderful wings’ decorating them with all the things that make them special (rather than perfectly normal).