🌳 HUMAN SKILLS FOUNDATIONS · AGES 13-15
Building Confidence for Real-World Growth
At ages 13-15, learners think more deeply about identity, relationships, and decisions. This program builds the resilience, critical thinking, and communication skills they need to navigate this pivotal stage and emerge stronger.
7
Units
21
Lessons
21
Hours
7
Certificates
$159
$7/hour — less than a single tutoring session
12-month access · Self-paced · All 7 units
🛡️ 14-day full refund if it’s not right for your child
✓ 21 hours of guided learning ($7/hr)
✓ Real-world scenarios & activities
✓ Reflective prompts & journals
✓ Quizzes + life skills reports
✓ 7 certificates of completion
✓ Works on laptop, tablet, or phone
7 units included — click any to jump to details
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The Self-Starter
Different Ways of Being Smart
Motivation
Mastery
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The Peacemaker
Coping with Stress
Sadness
Meditation
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The Athlete
Health & Disease
Healthy Eating Worldwide
Stress & Sports
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The Voice
Speak Up Speak Right
Disagree Without Drama
Listen to Understand
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The Groundbreaker
Famous Bridges
Visual Storytelling
Unconventional Music
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The Financier
Budgeting Basics
Making Sense of Earning
Smart Spender
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The Tech Wizard
Protecting Your Data
Digital Identity
Smart Prompts
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What a unit Looks Like
🧭 The Voice – Preview
Interactive scenarios · Reflective prompts · Comprehension quiz
Your child works through each section at their own pace
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The Self-Starter
Independent Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
Learn how to grow your strengths and keep moving forward. This unit helps students explore multiple forms of intelligence, build sustainable motivation, and develop a mastery mindset focused on growth — not just outcomes.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students discover that intelligence comes in many forms, learn to build motivation that doesn’t depend on external rewards, and develop the habits that turn effort into genuine expertise over time. This is where self-direction begins.
What Your Teen Will Learn
✓Understands multiple forms of intelligence — not just academic performance
✓Builds and sustains intrinsic motivation when things get difficult
✓Develops a mastery mindset focused on growth, not just grades
✓Sets ambitious but realistic goals that drive consistent progress
Lesson 1
Different Ways of Being Smart
Intelligence isn’t one thing it’s at least eight.
Discover that intelligence comes in many forms creative, social, physical, logical and find out where your unique strengths lie. Stop comparing, start growing.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Motivation
Real motivation doesn’t wait for inspiration it creates it.
Understand what drives you, what drains you, and how to build sustainable motivation that doesn’t depend on external rewards or good moods.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Mastery
Getting better is more powerful than being good.
Learn the difference between performance goals and mastery goals. Build the habits that turn consistent effort into genuine expertise over time.
1 hour
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The Peacemaker
Empathy Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
Learn to handle hard feelings with care and confidence. This unit helps students manage stress, navigate sadness, and use mindfulness to feel more balanced, focused, and in control — skills that become essential during the teenage years.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students build a personal toolkit for managing stress, explore sadness as a normal and important emotion, and practice mindfulness techniques for calm and focus. These emotional regulation skills are consistently cited by educators as the most needed for this age group.
What Your Teen Will Learn
✓Identifies stress triggers and develops healthy coping strategies
✓Understands sadness as a normal emotion and knows when to seek support
✓Practices mindfulness techniques for focus, calm, and emotional balance
✓Builds resilience through self-awareness and intentional reflection
Lesson 1
Coping with Stress
Stress is inevitable suffering from it is optional.
Build a personal toolkit for managing stress. Understand what causes it, how it shows up in your body, and what actually helps based on science, not guesswork.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Sadness
Sadness isn’t weakness it’s information.
Explore sadness as a normal, important emotion. Learn when it’s healthy, when it needs attention, and how to navigate it without getting stuck or pretending it isn’t there.
1 hour
Lesson 3
The Purpose of Meditation
Stillness isn’t doing nothing it’s training your mind.
Discover how meditation and mindfulness work, why they matter for teens specifically, and practice simple techniques you can use anywhere in class, before a test, or when things feel overwhelming.
1 hour
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The Athlete
Healthy Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
Learn to build sustainable habits for lifelong health. This unit explores how lifestyle choices impact both physical and mental health — and how to make choices that support the life you want to live, not just the body you want to have.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students explore the connection between daily habits and disease prevention, discover diverse global approaches to healthy eating, and learn how physical activity reduces stress and builds emotional resilience. Real health education — not rules, but understanding.
What Your Teen Will Learn
✓Understands the connection between health, disease prevention, and daily habits
✓Explores diverse eating cultures and what “healthy” looks like globally
✓Recognises how stress affects athletic and academic performance
✓Builds sustainable routines that balance energy, rest, and activity
Lesson 1
Health and Disease
Prevention is always easier than treatment.
Understand how daily choices either protect or undermine your health. Take ownership of habits that prevent problems before they start the foundation of lifelong well-being.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Healthy Eating Around the World
Every culture has wisdom about food learn from all of them.
Explore how different cultures approach food and nutrition. Discover that “healthy” isn’t one-size-fits-all, and find the approach that works for your body and your life.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Stress and Sports
Movement is the most underused tool for managing stress.
Discover how physical activity reduces stress, improves focus, and builds emotional resilience. Find the activities that match your life not someone else’s fitness plan.
1 hour
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The Voice
Communicative Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
Learn to communicate clearly, confidently, and respectfully. This unit helps students express themselves, handle disagreement with care, and become better listeners — skills that determine the quality of every relationship, conversation, and opportunity.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students learn the difference between aggressive, passive, and assertive communication, practice disagreeing constructively while maintaining relationships, and build deep listening skills that transform how others respond to them.
What Your Teen Will Learn
✓Speaks up assertively without being aggressive or passive
✓Disagrees respectfully — maintaining relationships while holding their ground
✓Practices deep listening that builds trust and understanding
✓Navigates real-world communication challenges online and offline
Lesson 1
Speak Up, Speak Right
Speaking up isn’t about being loud it’s about being clear.
Learn the difference between aggressive, passive, and assertive communication. Practice speaking up in ways that earn respect without creating conflict.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Disagree Without Drama
The strongest relationships survive disagreement.
Master the skill of disagreeing constructively holding your position while respecting others’, even on topics that feel personal or heated.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Listen to Understand
Most people listen to reply learn to listen to understand.
Build the habit of listening to truly understand. Not waiting for your turn to talk. Not planning your response. Actually hearing what someone means. The skill that transforms every relationship.
1 hour
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The Groundbreaker
Innovative Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
Learn to think outside the box and bring bold ideas to life. This unit explores engineering design, visual storytelling, and unconventional creative expression — using curiosity and critical thinking to produce work that’s genuinely original.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students analyse how famous structures solve real engineering problems, learn to tell compelling stories using visual media, and explore how breaking rules in creative fields leads to innovation. Each lesson builds creative courage — the willingness to try things nobody else has tried.
What Your Teen Will Learn
✓Analyses how famous structures solve real engineering and design problems
✓Tells compelling stories using visual media and narrative techniques
✓Explores unconventional approaches to music and creative expression
✓Builds confidence in presenting original ideas to others
Lesson 1
Famous Bridges
Every bridge is a solution to a problem someone said was impossible.
Study how iconic bridges solved impossible engineering challenges. Learn to think like a designer who sees solutions where others see obstacles and apply that thinking everywhere.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Visual Storytelling
A picture tells a story if you know how to compose it.
Learn to tell powerful stories using images, sequences, and visual language the skill behind great films, presentations, social media content, and modern communication.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Unconventional Music
Innovation always sounds strange at first.
Explore how breaking rules in music leads to innovation — and apply that same creative courage to your own ideas, projects, and way of thinking about problems.
1 hour
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The Financier
Money Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
Learn to take control of your money with confidence and care. This unit builds smart money habits at the age when financial behaviours are forming — budgeting, understanding earnings, and making choices that support financial goals today and tomorrow.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students create their first personal budget, understand how earning, saving, and spending connect to each other, and learn to evaluate purchases critically. These are the financial habits that compound over decades — and this is the age when they stick.
What Your Teen Will Learn
✓Creates a basic personal budget and sticks to it
✓Understands how earning, saving, and spending connect to each other
✓Evaluates purchases critically — separating impulse from informed choices
✓Builds financial habits that will serve them into adulthood
Lesson 1
Budgeting Basics
A budget isn’t a restriction it’s a plan for freedom.
Learn to create a simple, realistic budget tracking what comes in, what goes out, and what’s left for goals that actually matter to you.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Making Sense of Earning
Understanding how money works is the first step to making it work for you.
Understand how people earn money at different stages of life and how your skills, effort, and choices today connect to your future earning potential.
1 hour
Lesson 3
How to Be a Smart Spender
Smart spending isn’t about spending less it’s about spending right.
Develop the habit of evaluating every purchase. “Do I need this?” “Is it worth it?” “What am I giving up by buying this?” The questions that change your financial life.
1 hour
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The Tech Wizard
Technology Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
Learn to take charge of your digital life with purpose and care. This unit helps students stay safe, think critically online, and use AI tools to shape a positive, informed, and creative digital identity — because your online life is your real life now.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students learn to protect their personal data in practice, build a digital identity that reflects who they really are, and learn to use AI tools effectively while thinking critically about their outputs. Digital literacy for the age that needs it most.
What Your Teen Will Learn
✓Protects personal data and understands digital privacy in practice
✓Builds a positive digital identity that reflects who they really are
✓Uses AI tools effectively for learning and creative work
✓Thinks critically about online information, deepfakes, and misinformation
Lesson 1
Protecting Your Data & Mind
Your data is valuable treat it that way.
Understand how your data is collected, who uses it, and how to protect your privacy both practically and psychologically. Digital self-defence for the real world.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Creating Your Digital Identity
Your online identity is a choice make it intentionally.
Build a digital presence that represents you authentically. Your online identity isn’t an accident it’s something you design, manage, and take pride in.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Smart Prompts, Smarter Thinking
AI is only as smart as the person using it.
Learn to use AI tools like a pro writing better prompts, evaluating outputs critically, and knowing when to trust the machine and when to trust yourself.
1 hour
Frequently Asked Questions
Before you enroll
Each lesson includes a virtual guide who explains activities and keeps learners on track. Children can work independently. Parents are welcome to join but it's not required.
Lessons work on any laptop, tablet, or phone with a web browser. We recommend a tablet or laptop for the best experience, but everything is fully accessible on mobile.
You have 12 months of access from the date of enrollment. Most families complete the program in 7-10 weeks at one lesson per week. If you need more time, contact us and we'll work with you.
Full refund within 14 days of purchase if the program isn't right for your child. No questions asked. Email courses@shiminly.com.
Each unit includes comprehension quizzes and a life skills report showing your child's growth. You'll receive a certificate of completion for each unit finished.
Give your teen every advantage
All 7 units. 21 lessons. 21 hours of guided learning. Complete life skills foundation for ages 13-15.
$159
$7/hr — less than tutoring
12-month access · Self-paced · 7 certificates · 14-day refund guarantee



