The document provides information about life skills education for class 7 students. It discusses 10 core life skills identified by the World Health Organization: self-awareness, empathy, critical thinking, creative thinking, decision making, problem solving, interpersonal skills, effective communication, coping with stress, and managing emotions. For each skill, the document provides a brief definition and examples of suggested hands-on activities and exercises for students to practice and develop that particular life skill. The overarching goal of the life skills curriculum is to help youth develop competencies to effectively face challenges in their lives.

1. LIFE SKILLS
CLASS 7
BY
SARITHA RP

2. “We are guilty of many errors and many
faults, but our worst crime is abandoning the
children, neglecting the foundation of life.
Many of the things we need, can wait. The
children cannot. Right now is the time his
bones are being formed, his blood is being
made and his senses are being developed. To
him we cannot answer “Tomorrow”.
His name is “Today”.
(Gabriela Mistral)

3. ADOLESCENCE
 A PERIOD OF STORMY STRESS
 UNLIMITED ENERGY AND VITALITY
 URGE TO EXPERIMENT
 RAPIDPHYSICAL,PSYCHOLOGICAL
AND BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES

5. WHAT ARE LIFE SKILLS???
World Health Organization
The abilities for adaptive and
positive behavior that
enable individuals to deal
effectively with the demands and
challenges of everyday life
Mastery of
competencies for
productive adults
life
Not done to youth
but with youth
Skills that promote
well-being and
competence in
youth to face life’s
challenges.

7. IMPORTANCE OF LIFE SKILLS
Exploring
alternative
s
Weighing
pros and
cons
Making
rational
decisions
Effective
communicatio
n
Assertivenes
s: saying NO.

8. WHO HAS IDENTIFIED 10 CORE LIFE
SKILLS

9. 1.SELF AWARENESS
APPRECIATING THE GOOD
QUALITIES IN ONESELF
DO NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS
COVER
LEARN TO APPRECIATE THE
WORTH OF OTHERS
THINK POSITIVELY

12. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
1.Start a thought diary and describe all your
high self-esteem and low self-esteem
moments and compare them over a period
of 6 months and see if you have been able
to improve your positive self-esteem.
2.JAM-Have you ever helped any person or
animal recently?
3.Sprinkle their vocabulary with as many
magic words on kindness and politeness.

14. 2.EMPATHY
 SEEING WITH THE EYES OF
ANOTHER
 LISTENING WITH THE EARS
OF ANOTHER
 AND FEELING WITH THE
HEART OF ANOTHER

15. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
1. CONTRIBUTION OF FOOD GRAINS TO
OLD AGE HOMES
2. PLASTIC IN COW’S TUMMY

16. 3. CRITICAL THINKING
 HOW TO MAKE CLEAR,
REASONED AND RATIONAL
JUDGEMENTS

17. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
1.THE INVENTOR IN ME
2.BRAIN TEASERS

18. 4 CREATIVE THINKING
 Creativity is all about breaking free
from bonds and thinking beyond the
usual
 Nurturing creativity

20. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
1. Make your pattern.(matchstick)
2. Design your spaceship
3.Going crazy

21. 5.DECISION MAKING
 CHALLENGING SITUATIONS
 CHOICES
 DECISION TAKEN HAS
CONSEQUENCES EITHER
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE

22. DECISION MAKING WHEEL

23. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
1.QUESTIONNAIRE
2.OPEN DISCUSSION-
Suppose your house is on
fire. What things will you
take along with you if you
are escaping from there ?
Why?

24. 6 PROBLEM SOLVING

25. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
1.Sailor Cat needs to bring a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage across the
river. The boat is tiny and can only carry one passenger at a time.
If he leaves the wolf and the goat alone together, the wolf will eat
the goat. If he leaves the goat and the cabbage alone together, the
goat will eat the cabbage. How can he bring all three safely across
the river?

26. 2.SURVIVER SCENARIOS
Imagine you are stranded on an island, knowing
that help will not arrive for three days. The group
has a limited amount of food and water and must
create shelter from items around the island.
Encourage working together as a group and hearing
out every child that has an idea about how to make it
through the three days as safely and comfortably as
possible.

27. 3.MORAL DILEMMAS
I saw a good friend of mine
shoplifting. What should I do?
The cashier gave me an extra $ 10 in
change after I bought candy at the
store. What should I do?

28. 7. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
 APPRECIATING OTHERS
 CO-OPERATIVE APPROACH IN GROUP
WORK
 BUILDING AND MAINTAINING FRIENDSHIP

29. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
1.RELATIONSHIP TEMPERATURE CHART
Degree of heat Meaning Persons
who fall in
this
category
Why you
feel about
him/her
in this
way?
Hot Very important relation-
can’t imagine my life
without him/her
Warm Important relation-good to
have them
cold Negative relation-makes
me negative

30. 8. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

31. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
1.LISTENING TEST
2.ITS PARTY TIME

32. 9. COPING WITH STRESS
Manage stress before it manages you
Healthy and unhealthy ways
Unshared or unexpressed feelings build
up pressure inside which can be harmful

34. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
1. MAKE A STRESS JOURNAL
SITUATION AUTOMATIC
THOUGHTS
EMOTIONS ALTERNATI
VE
RESPONSE
S
FUTURE
STEPS
I am so
tired-sick-
fatigue-
have to
go to bed
I am ill. I
will never
get better. I
can’t
achieve my
dreams and
aspirations
Sad
Anxious
negative
I need
rest.
Then I
can get
rid of my
tiredness
and can
be more
I will
include
some rest
time in my
daily
routine. I
CAN,I
WILL, I

35. STRESS SNAP-SHADE ATLEAST 5
SQUARES WHILE YOU ARE STRESSED
Go for a walk Call a good friend Spend time in
nature
Listen to music workout cycling
Play with a pet Play games Yoga/meditation
Watch a comedy Emailing/sms/chatti
ng
Diary writing
Work in your garden Relaxation
exercises
Outing with friends
Eating Curl up with a good
book
Savour a warm cup
of tea/coffee

36. 10 MANAGING EMOTIONS
BALANCING EMOTIONS
ANGER MANAGEMENT
EMOTIONS ARE NATURAL
FEELINGS

37. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
EMOTION WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN YOU FELT
THE EMOTION
ANGRY
ASHAMED I LOOKED DOWN THEN I CLOSED
MY EYES
ENERGETIC
DEPRESSED
PROUD
LONELY I CALLED MY OLD FRIEND

38. 2. WRITE AT LEAST 3 HELPFUL THINGS
YOU WILL DO NEXT TIME WHEN YOU
GET ANGRY