ABSTRACT
This lesson teaches children how to speak up respectfully and assertively when something isn’t or doesn’t feel right. The goal is to teach the skills to have the ‘harder’ or more ‘difficult’ conversations. Being respectfully assertive does not guarantee a perfect outcome, but ‘Wise Owl’ provides a perfect model to do this. An additional theme investigates the concept of keeping secrets and promises. These are not necessarily bad, but secrets and promises that are forced, or may upset or hurt anyone, should never be kept. We alert children that they always have our permission to stay safe by speaking up.
