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Inner rainbow Project’s

alphabet book of confidence

learning guide

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Introduction Hello! I’m excited for you to get started using the

Inner Rainbow Project’s ABC Learning Guide.

I created this guide as a way to enhance your

experience using the Inner Rainbow Project’s

ABC Book.

The activities, exercises and questions inside are

intended to help you explore and learn all

different kinds of ways to build confidence and

emotional intelligence that are a fit for each

individual’s unique learning style.

Enjoy!

© 2017 Carly Mentlik. All Rights Reserved.

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Inner Rainbow Project’s ABC Learning Guide

Table of Contents

Ideas for the littles 1

Read-aloud ideas 2

Play/Movement-based ideas 3

Conversation-based ideas 5

Activities for Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles 7

Ideas for teens and adults 10

Ideas for the littles The youngest children will benefit hearing the positive words spoken to them, even though

they may be too young to understand what most of them mean just yet.

You can also use the book to build letter and color recognition, and observation skills as

they search for the stars on each page.

Age range: 2-3 years

★ Letters

○ Name the letters

○ Point to the big letters: Can you find the A?

○ Find the first letter of each word: Can you find the other As on the page?

★ Colors

○ Name the colors on each page as you flip through the book: The B is pink.

○ Look through the book for a specific color: Can you find the color blue?

○ Connect letters and colors for an added challenge: What letter is the blue

one you found? Are there other blue letters?

★ Stars

○ Find the star on each page: Can you find the star?

○ Name the color of the star: What color is the star?

○ Find the gold glitter star (It’s on the L page)


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Read-aloud ideas These read aloud ideas offer suggestions for how to help children integrate their learning of the words more deeply through play, movement and exploratory conversation. These suggestions are intended to spark your inspiration to create your own read aloud experience. For a simple read-aloud enrichment activity, you can ask children which words they want to know the definition for and read it from the dictionary. * Find simple definition of the words in the Confidence Dictionary or at learnersdictionary.com. Age range: 4 - 6

★ Introduction

○ Teach the definition of confidence: What’s confidence? It’s feeling or

believing that you can do something well or succeed at something.

○ Ask, What is something you’re confident about?

○ Share some things you think the child deserves to be confident about

★ Ending

○ Ask, Where does inside you does your confidence live?

○ Possible answers: Inside your heart, your belly, your mind…

○ It can also be fun to get silly and say different body parts where confidence

can live, like eyelashes, toes and belly button


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Play/Movement-Based Ideas ★ A is for Adventure. Let’s pretend we’re going on an adventure. Where should we go?

★ B is for Bold. Bold means not being afraid of difficult situations - like a superhero!

Will you stand like a superhero with me?

★ C is for Creative. Creative means making up new ideas. Can you move your body in a

creative way?

★ D is for Dance. Will you dance with me?

★ E is for Encourage. Encourage means to help someone else feel confident and

hopeful. One way to encourage someone by looking them in the eyes and saying

‘You can do it!’. Let’s practice encouraging each other.

★ F is for Flow. Let’s flow back and forth with our arms and our hips, moving like the

rivers and oceans

★ G is for Grounded. Let’s pretend we’re grounded like trees. Imagine you have roots

growing out of your feet into the earth to keep you strong and stable.

★ H is for Hug. Let’s hug!

★ I is for Imagine. Let’s use our imaginations and pretend we’re….(let the child lead

and choose something)

★ J is for Joy. Let’s jump for joy!

★ K is for Kind. Let’s choose an act of kindness to do for someone else.

★ L is for Laugh. Let’s make each other laugh!

★ M is for Mindful. Mindful means to be fully present in the moment. Let’s take 3 deep

breaths and be mindful together.

★ N is for Nourish. Let’s pretend we’re cooking a healthy meal to nourish our bodies.

What do you want to make?


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★ O is for Observe. What are some things you observe in this room? What’s the

smallest thing you can see? What’s the biggest?

★ P is for Pride. Lions act very proud. Can you roar like a proud lion?

★ Q is for Quiet. Let’s sit or lie down quiet in our voices and our bodies for three deep

breaths.

★ R is for Rise. Let’s be like the sun. Bend down low in a squatting position and rise to

standing up, spreading arms wide like the rays of the sun.

★ S is for Smile. How wide can you smile?

★ T is for Transform. Let’s pretend we’re caterpillars and build up a cocoon around us

so we can transform into butterflies.

★ U is for Uplift. Let’s think of some ways we can uplift people and make them happy.

Which one should we choose to do first?

★ V is for Voice. Can you make a really soft voice? What about a really loud voice? A

medium voice? A silly voice?

★ W is for Wild. Let’s move some energy in our bodies by shaking them in a wild way.

★ X is for Express. Can you express the way you feel right now using body

movements?

★ Y is for Yippee! Let’s shout ‘Yippee’!

★ Z is for Zoom. Let’s finish our alphabet game by zooming around. Should we be

rockets? A really fast animal?


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Conversation-Based Ideas ★ A is for Amazing. What are some ways you’re amazing? I think you’re amazing

because…

★ B is for Beautiful. What are some ways you’re beautiful inside? What about outside?

★ C is for Curious. What is something you’re curious about?

★ D is for Dream. What is a recent dream you’ve had?

★ E is for Energize. What helps you feel really energized?

★ F is for Friendship. Who are some of your friends? What do you like about them?

★ G is for Grateful. What are some things you’re grateful for?

★ H is for Happy. What are some things that make you happy?

★ I is for Include. What helps you feel included? What is something you could do to

help someone else feel included?

★ J is for Journey. Where would you like to take a journey to?

★ K is for Kind. How were you kind to someone today?

★ L is for Learn. What is something new you’d like to learn?

★ M is for Magical. What are some of your favorite magical things?

★ N is for Nurture. What is one of your skills or talents you’d like to nurture so you get

better at it?

★ O is for Overcome. Overcome means to deal with something difficult. When is a

time you’ve overcome something difficult?

★ P is for Peace. When do you feel most peaceful? What helps you feel peace?


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★ Q is for Quality. What is one of your best qualities? What is a quality you’re most

proud of. Share qualities you admire in the child.

★ R is for Radical. What is something you do that’s radical, because it’s very different

from the way other people normally do it? (This prompt gives the opportunity to

promote feeling okay with being different and taking your own path.)

★ S is for Support. When is a time you’ve supported someone else?

★ T is for Trust. Who is someone you trust a lot? What makes you feel that way?

★ U is for Unique. What are some ways you’re unique?

★ V is for Valiant. Valiant means brave and courageous. When are some times you’ve

been valiant?

★ W is for Wish. What is something you wish for?

★ X is for Excel. What is something you excel at? What is something you’d like to excel

at?

★ Y is for Yes. When is a time you said Yes to something but you didn’t really want to?

What made you feel like you had to say yes?

★ Z is for Zeal. Zeal means to have a lot of interest and be eager to do something.

What is something you have a lot of zeal for?


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Activities for Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles These suggestions are organized based on Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, sensory learning styles and introverted/extroverted personality styles. You may or may not know your child’s style and that’s ok. I suggest choosing based on preference. Give older children the chance to look through the list and see what activities they gravitate towards. Age range: 7 - 12

Intrapersonal/Introverted ★ Use the words to prompt journaling for self-discovery, for example:

○ What kinds of things help you feel confident? ○ What are some things that you like to do to be creative? ○ When do you feel most happy? ○ When are some times you like it be quiet?

★ Start a gratitude journal listing things you’re grateful for each night

★ Find a quiet place to read through the book alone while you reflect on the words,

doodle, and/or listen to music.

Interpersonal/Extroverted ★ Read the book with others; share your favorite words as you go through it

★ Create a skit and act it out with your friends using 10 of the words from the book in

the script

★ Use the conversation-based ideas on pages 5-6

Linguistic/Read/Write ★ Choose 10 words from the book to use in a story or poem

★ Write 26 sentences, using one word from each page in each one


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★ Pick 10 words you want to make sure to remember the definitions of and write out a

list of the words and their definitions.

Musical/Auditory ★ Create your own tune to sing the words or read the aloud in a rhythmic way

★ Choose 10 words from the book to use in a song (you can make the song up yourself

or change the words of a song you know)

★ Read the book out loud using a different kind of voice for each of the words on the page. See how many different kinds of voices you can make.

Spatial/Visual ★ Create a painting of your favorite word and a picture to go along with it

★ Sculpt some of the words out in clay

★ Make a collage of your favorite words

Kinesthetic/Tactile ★ Spell out the words by making the letters with your body

★ Spell out the words in sand using your fingers

★ Use the play/movement-based suggestions on pages 3-4

Logical-Mathematical ★ Survey people about their favorite words and make a chart showing the results

★ If each letter of the alphabet is given a number value that matches its place in the

alphabet (A = 1, B = 2, C = 3…), What is the sum of the letters of your first name?


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★ Find the gold glitter star and figure out why it’s on that page

Existential/Highly Sensitive ★ Use the words in the book as a framework for reflecting on, discussing and

exploring big questions and themes. ○ Questions:

■ What does being abundant mean? Why do some people feel abundant and others don’t?

■ Why do you think a lot of people have a hard time feeling like they’re

beautiful?

■ Do you believe in magic? Why or why not?

○ Themes: ■ Justice ■ Love ■ Respect ■ Truth

★ Use the reflection questions on page 10. You can consider them from your personal

point of view and also people in general.

Naturalist/Outdoor Learning ★ Plan an outdoor adventure or quest to find something in nature you’ve never seen

before

★ Go on a walk for natural materials and create an art piece spelling out one of the words with the materials

★ Match animals to different words in the book that describe their personality and

behavior. (For example: owls are aware, monkeys are curious, lions have pride…)


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Ideas for teens and adults Journal & Reflection Questions

★ What are some things you can do to feel more abundant in your life?

★ What does true beauty mean to you?

★ What helps you feel confident? What makes you lose confidence?

★ What does friendship mean to you? What is one thing you could do to be a better friend? What is one way you could stand up for yourself more in a friendship?

★ What helps you feel grounded? When are some times you find it difficult to be

grounded?

★ What are some things you can do to bring more kindness into the world?

★ What do you love about yourself?

★ What is something or someone you could be more open to? List some steps you could take to be more open.

★ What is something you’re really passionate about? What are some ways you could

make more time and space for it in your life?

★ What are some things you’re proud of? When do you feel like you have to hide those things? What is one step you can take to help you feel comfortable to let those things shine?

★ When do you find it difficult to speak your truth? What helps give you the courage

and strength to do it?


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Practices

★ Use the words in the book as inspiration for setting a daily, weekly or monthly intention around a feeling or quality that you want to focus on and bring more of into your life. For example: abundance, creativity, discovery, gratitude, laughter, mindfulness, play...

★ Use the words to create simple breathing practices to help you balance your energy

and emotions. ○ Inhale what you want to bring into your life and exhale what you want to

release. Say it out loud or to yourself as you breath in and out through your nose, or inhale through your nose, exhale through your mouth.

■ I am inhaling confidence, I am exhaling doubt ■ I am inhaling happiness, I am exhaling sadness ■ Inhale peace, exhale stress.

○ Use the words as inspiration to do visualized breathing. Breath deeply in and

out as you visualize a scene in your mind. Try different visualizations to help you feel different ways.

■ A joyful scene ■ A loving scene ■ A magical scene ■ A peaceful scene

★ Use the words to create positive affirmations.

○ I am beautiful, inside and out. ○ I am brave. ○ I go with the flow. ○ I am happy, healthy and hopeful. ○ I am at peace. ○ I speak my truth.


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