Ask a school nurse to speak about body changes/ puberty. Having the school nurse would be helpful to talk to the students about sexual education because he or she is experienced in the subject of health and can effectively answer any questions the students might have with an age appropriate response. You could integrate this … Continue reading Guest Speakers?
This is a great video that has information for both boys and girls on puberty. It talks about the different changes each gender goes through. This could be used to show each gender how their bodies will change and how the bodies of the opposite gender will change so that everyone has knowledge about it. … Continue reading Puberty Explained
“All of Lucy’s classmates are getting their periods, and Lucy feels sad. This clip is where she gets her period.” This video shows what it is like for a girl to get her period. It shows that it is okay to get your period after your friends and it could be a great way to … Continue reading Lucy and Her Period
This book, What’s the Big Secret? has a lot of information that students might be curious about. It helps answer some of the tricky questions that they might ask the teacher that the teacher might not be able to answer with an age appropriate response, such as, do girls and boys have the same feelings? … Continue reading What’s the Big Secret?
Find the website here This is a PBS kids site that goes into just enough detail to give students the correct information on what’s happening to their bodies. It has tabs on the side for girls and boys to choose from. It gives appropriate information for the age, and makes it understandable for their age. … Continue reading Student Link
Link here! This website is a lesson plan for teachers to follow on how to teach puberty in class. It gives step by step instructions and appropriate language to use in the class. It talks about having each group make a skit, to dramatize some of the things that might be happening to the students. … Continue reading Teacher Link
Find the link here! This website is great for parents to learn not only about what their children are going through, but strategies to implement with them. It talks to parents about the signs of puberty, and goes into specification for boys and girls. The website gives helpful tips about how talk to your children … Continue reading Parent Link
Title: Planet Middle School Author: Nikki Grimes Publication date: 2011 Publisher: Bloomsbury Planet Middle School is a fiction book that is great for girls and boys, it is a book full of poems that have a story line that involves a 12 year old girl who notices changes in herself and people around her. It talks about not … Continue reading Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes