Grades K-1 and 4-6

The Our Whole Lives for Grades K-1 and Grades 4-6 programs nurture and support the '"three R's" of childhood sexuality education: Respect, Relationships, and Responsibility by helping children gain self-respect and respect for others, build relationships with people of all genders and with many kinds of families, and understand their responsibilities regarding their own health and that of others.

The messages that children receive through touch, talk, and behavior affect their future attitudes, values, and actions. This curriculum helps participants integrate the values of the program with their own system of values within an open, affirming, and anti-bias environment and a community of trust, confidentiality, and authenticity.

The goals of Our Whole Lives for Grades K-1 and Grades 4-6 are:

• To strengthen and support each child's sense of self and self-esteem.
• To help children understand the place of sexuality in human life and loving.
• To encourage children to appreciate their bodies as good and beautiful, private and special.
• To provide children with accurate, developmentally appropriate information about human sexuality, reproduction, and gender identification.
• To prepare children for the normal changes they will experience as they grow and develop.
• To help children develop interpersonal skills including communication, decision making, and problem solving that will help keep them safe and healthy.
• To help children learn to make responsible decisions that show respect for themselves and others.
• To help families communicate openly about all life questions.
• To strengthen parents' roles as their children's most important sexuality educators.

Parents as Sexuality Educators Report

Formatted for the web by Kasey Melski.