StrongHER · Grades 3 to 5 girls
Make a StrongHER.
For grades 3 to 5 girls, StrongHER turns movement into practice for voice, resilience, boundaries, friendship, and self-trust. The cohort is hers, the language is hers, and the strength she builds here goes with her into every season after.
- For
- Grades 3-5
- Cohort
- Girls
- Rhythm
- Two 60-minute sessions weekly
- Season
- 12 weeks
- Includes
- Family Fuel
Why this window matters
When her inner voice starts competing with the outside noise.
Between third and fifth grade a girl's friendship circles, body image, and self-reference shift fast. Comparison pressure ramps, internal stress finds fewer outlets, and the small daily decisions about whose voice to listen to start to set. StrongHER puts steady scaffolding around exactly this window.
- American Association of University WomenGirls' confidence trajectory
- Common Sense MediaBody image and media
- American Psychological AssociationDevelopmental research
- Yale Center for Emotional IntelligenceRULER framework
Strength becomes voice
What StrongHER actually practices in class.
Every session uses the same loop: arrive, regulate, move, speak, repair, lead. The structure is the same; the inside changes every week so she keeps meeting herself in new places.
- 01
Effort becomes evidence
Strength is not a feeling she has to muster. It is the receipt she earns when she finishes the rep, the round, or the climb she just named as too hard. The body remembers the proof.
- 02
Voice gets a room
Every session has a circle where her voice is not optional. She names what she is bringing in, what she is working on, what she is proud of. The room learns to listen the way she needs to be heard.
- 03
Boundaries are practiced out loud
Saying no, asking for space, asking for a different partner: these are skills, not personality traits. The session gives her low-stakes reps before the day asks her for them.
- 04
The comeback is trained before it is needed
Restart drills, repair language, and recovery rituals are built into every week. By the time something hard happens at school, the body already knows the shape of coming back.
What she builds
Six small, observable shifts you can name out loud.
- 01
Confidence through effort
Finishes a challenge she once named as too hard.
- 02
Voice
Says the thing she would normally keep quiet.
- 03
Resilience
Restarts after a miss without letting the miss become the story.
- 04
Friendship navigation
Repairs a small rupture or names what she needs from a friend.
- 05
Emotional regulation
Uses breath, pace, and posture to reset intensity in real time.
- 06
Inner identity
Names what she is proud of without comparing it to someone else.
Earned identity markers
Eight badges she earns in the body, not on a sticker chart.
Each badge has a specific behavior behind it. They are recorded in the StrongHER field guide and recognized in the closing circle the week she earns them.
Confidence Builder
Earned by
Finishing a challenge she once said she could not do.
Brave Voice
Earned by
Speaking up in the circle, asking for help, or leading a move.
Resilient Mind
Earned by
Trying, missing, and trying again in the same session.
Kind Leader
Earned by
Celebrating a teammate first, then redirecting exclusion into welcome.
Boundary Setter
Earned by
Saying no clearly, without explaining or apologizing for it.
Focused Athlete
Earned by
Sustaining deliberate, undistracted effort across a full session.
Team Player
Earned by
Choosing a move that helps the team over her own scoreboard.
The Calm Within
Earned by
Using breath and posture to reset from frustration or big emotion.
The season arc
Twelve weeks, four phases, one shared story.
The full week-by-week program arc is preserved underneath. The phases are how a parent should hold the shape of the season at a glance.
Phase 01
Weeks 1 to 3
Enter the circle and name what is true.
The first three weeks build the room. The cohort meets, the rituals begin, and every girl gets the felt sense that her voice has somewhere to land.
- Week 1 · Meet StrongHER
- Week 2 · Name the feeling
- Week 3 · Brave voice
Phase 02
Weeks 4 to 6
Try again, repair, and set boundaries.
Now that the circle is steady, the work gets specific. Growth mindset becomes a body practice, friendship ruptures get repair language, and saying no out loud becomes an actual skill.
- Week 4 · The power of yet
- Week 5 · Friendship reset
- Week 6 · My boundary
Phase 03
Weeks 7 to 9
Come back, lead, and cheer first.
The middle weeks turn outward. Comeback drills make recovery the default, each girl steps into leading the group, and cheering for a teammate gets practiced before comparing.
- Week 7 · The comeback
- Week 8 · Lead a move
- Week 9 · Cheer first
Phase 04
Weeks 10 to 12
Make strength her own and carry it forward.
The season ends inside-out. She names what she is proud of in her own words, earns the StrongHER badge, and walks home with a recipe and reflection that keep the work alive.
- Week 10 · Inside-out
- Week 11 · StrongHER week
- Week 12 · The carry-forward
What a parent may notice
Quiet shifts that show up at home.
- 01
More willing to speak up
She names what she wants on her own behalf, before someone else names it for her.
- 02
More recovery after mistakes
A miss stops being the story of the day. The restart shows up faster, with less commentary.
- 03
More language for friendship tension
She has words for the small ruptures, and a small ritual for repairing them.
- 04
More self-reference and less comparison
She talks about what she is proud of in her own work, before reaching for somebody else's scoreboard.
It does not stop at the bell
Family Fuel keeps her voice alive at the kitchen table.
Every StrongHER week comes with a recipe card and a reflection prompt the coach also runs in the room. Voice, confidence, and repair language come home with her, so the work keeps building between sessions.
Ready for a season where strong has a voice?
Open StrongHER launch-season cohorts. Twelve weeks, two 60-minute sessions weekly, with Family Fuel built in.