🌱 HUMAN SKILLS FOUNDATIONS · AGES 7-9
Foundations for a Future-Ready Child
At ages 7-9, children form the habits, values, and mindsets that shape who they become. This complete program builds real-world competencies across all 7 core life skill areas through engaging, age-appropriate lessons designed by expert educators.
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
Good Habits
Healthy Hobbies
Chores
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The Peacemaker
Being Positive
People & Feelings
Helping Hearts
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The Athlete
Good Food Bad Food
Fruits & Veggies
Moving Feels Good!
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The Voice
Say It Don’t Shout It
Show What You Mean
Speak & Listen
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The Groundbreaker
2D and 3D
What’s Your Perspective
My Dream House
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The Financier
Needs Wants & Whys
Where Does Money Come From?
Saving for Something Special
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The Tech Wizard
Screen Time Smarts
My Online Footprint
Meet Your AI Helper
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What a UNIT Looks Like
🧭 The Financier – 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
The Self-Starter Unit helps learners ages 7-9 take their first steps toward independence. As children begin to understand themselves and their responsibilities in new ways, this unit supports them in developing routines, self-care habits, and emotional awareness. It encourages confident participation at home, in school, and in everyday life.
What’s Inside This Unit
This unit helps learners build healthy routines, develop emotional awareness, and take on small responsibilities with care. Through fun and age-appropriate activities, students practice naming their feelings, making good choices, and helping out in meaningful ways. These early habits build the foundation for lifelong confidence, self-regulation, and a sense of ownership over their actions.
What Your Learner Gains
✓Builds routines and takes responsibility in ways that make daily life smoother at home and school
✓Gains confidence by trying new habits, hobbies, and responsibilities on their own
✓Learns to notice their choices, reflect on what works, and build habits that support well-being
✓Develops independence and pride in what they can do without being asked
Lesson 1
Good Habits
The habits we build shape the days we have.
Students explore how small daily choices can lead to smoother mornings, better focus, and greater independence. Through interactive scenarios, they practice building routines that stick.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Healthy Hobbies
The hobbies we choose help us grow in lasting ways.
Students explore how fun, meaningful activities can support joy, focus, and everyday well-being. They discover interests that build independence and a sense of achievement.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Chores
The way we help out at home teaches us how to care for others.
Students explore how simple responsibilities can build teamwork, independence, and a smoother home life. They learn that contributing matters and feels good.
1 hour
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The Peacemaker
Empathy Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
The Peacemaker Unit helps learners ages 7-9 recognise emotions in themselves and others, build emotional awareness, and treat people with kindness and care in every interaction. Children learn that understanding feelings is the first step to strong relationships and a positive life.
What’s Inside This Unit
Through relatable stories and guided activities, students explore what emotions look like, how they affect behaviour, and how to respond with empathy. They practice positivity, learn to recognise feelings in others, and discover the power of helping. These are the building blocks of emotional intelligence.
What Your Learner Gains
✓Identifies and names their own emotions and recognises feelings in others
✓Practices positivity and understands how attitude affects those around them
✓Develops compassion through age-appropriate acts of kindness and helping
✓Builds the foundation for conflict resolution through emotional awareness
Lesson 1
Being Positive
A positive mindset shapes how we experience the world.
Learn how a positive outlook shapes experiences, relationships, and how others respond starting with small daily choices that create ripple effects.
1 hour
Lesson 2
People and Feelings
Every person carries feelings worth understanding.
Explore how to recognise emotions in yourself and others. Learn why understanding feelings is the key to getting along and building trust.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Helping Hearts
Kindness is a skill that grows with practice.
Discover the power of helping others through real-world examples. Learn how giving back strengthens communities and makes everyone feel better including you.
1 hour
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The Athlete
Healthy Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
The Athlete Unit helps learners ages 7-9 explore how food, movement, and rest support their bodies developing routines that lead to lifelong well-being. Children learn that taking care of their body is the foundation for everything else they want to do.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students learn to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy foods, discover why fruits and vegetables matter for energy and focus, and explore how movement improves mood and sleep. Each lesson builds simple daily habits that support physical and mental health.
What Your Learner Gains
✓Distinguishes between foods that fuel the body and foods that slow it down
✓Understands why balanced meals matter for energy, focus, and growth
✓Discovers how exercise improves mood, sleep, and overall confidence
✓Builds simple daily routines that support physical and mental well-being
Lesson 1
Good Food, Bad Food
What we eat shapes how we feel, think, and grow.
Learn to tell the difference between foods that help your body grow strong and foods that slow you down through fun, real-world examples kids connect with.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Fruits and Veggies
Nature’s fuel comes in every colour.
Explore the colourful world of fruits and vegetables why they matter, how they work, and how to make healthy eating an adventure, not a chore.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Moving Feels Good!
Your body was made to move and it loves every minute.
Discover how running, playing, dancing, and moving your body makes you feel happier, sleep better, and think more clearly every single day.
1 hour
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The Voice
Communicative Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
The Voice Unit helps learners ages 7-9 express themselves with confidence, listen with care, and build strong relationships through respectful words and actions. Children learn that how you say something matters as much as what you say and that listening is just as powerful as speaking.
What’s Inside This Unit
Through role-play, real-life scenarios, and creative activities, students practice expressing thoughts calmly, reading body language, and working as part of a team. They build communication skills that strengthen every relationship in their life.
What Your Learner Gains
✓Expresses thoughts and feelings clearly without shouting or shutting down
✓Uses body language, tone, and expressions to communicate effectively
✓Practices active listening hearing what others mean, not just their words
✓Works as part of a team by speaking and listening with equal respect
Lesson 1
Say It, Don't Shout It
How you say it matters as much as what you say.
Learn to express what you need calmly and clearly — even when you’re frustrated, excited, or nervous. Practice the art of being heard without raising your voice.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Show What You Mean
Words tell half the story — your body tells the rest.
Discover how body language, facial expressions, and tone of voice say more than words — and how to use them intentionally to connect with others.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Speak and Listen Like a Team
Great teams are built on great conversations.
Practice the art of taking turns, listening to understand (not just to reply), and working together through conversation. The foundation of teamwork starts here.
1 hour
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The Groundbreaker
Innovative Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
The Groundbreaker Unit helps learners ages 7-9 explore shapes, spaces, and visual storytelling bringing ideas to life through hands-on creation. Children learn that creativity isn’t about being ‘artistic’ it’s about seeing the world differently and solving problems in new ways.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students explore 2D and 3D shapes in everyday life, discover how perspective changes what we see, and design their dream house using imagination and spatial thinking. Each lesson builds creative confidence through doing, not just watching.
What Your Learner Gains
✓Understands shapes in 2D and 3D and spots them everywhere in daily life
✓Explores perspective how the same thing looks different from different viewpoints
✓Designs creative projects using imagination and spatial thinking
✓Builds confidence in expressing ideas visually, not just verbally
Lesson 1
2D and 3D
The world is built from shapes can you find them?
Explore the world of flat and solid shapes. Learn to spot them everywhere from buildings to nature to the objects on your desk and understand how they work together.
1 hour
Lesson 2
What's Your Perspective
Where you stand changes what you see.
Discover how the same object looks completely different depending on where you stand and why that matters for creativity, empathy, and problem-solving.
1 hour
Lesson 3
My Dream House
Every great building started as someone’s imagination.
Design your dream home from the ground up applying everything you’ve learned about shapes, space, and creative thinking in a hands-on project you’ll love.
1 hour
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The Financier
Money Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
The Financier Unit helps learners ages 7-9 understand needs and wants, explore how money works, and build simple saving habits through real-life, goal-based activities. Children learn that money is a tool and knowing how to use it wisely is a skill that starts now.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students practice telling the difference between needs and wants, explore where money comes from and how people earn it, and set their first saving goal with a plan to reach it. They build the habit of thinking before spending a skill most adults wish they’d learned earlier.
What Your Learner Gains
✓Tells the difference between needs and wants and makes thoughtful choices
✓Understands where money comes from and how people earn it
✓Sets a simple saving goal and makes a plan to reach it
✓Builds the habit of thinking before spending at any age
Lesson 1
Needs, Wants, and Whys
Every choice starts with knowing what truly matters.
Learn to tell the difference between things you need and things you want and practice making smart choices with limited resources through fun, real-world activities.
1 hour
Lesson 2
Where Does Money Come From?
Money doesn’t grow on trees but where does it come from?
Explore how people earn money, why different jobs pay differently, and how your skills and effort connect to future earning potential. Real-world economics for kids.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Saving for Something Special
The best things in life are worth saving for.
Set a real saving goal, make a simple plan, and learn the patience and discipline that comes from working toward something you truly want. Your first financial win.
1 hour
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The Tech Wizard
Technology Life Skills
3 lessons · 3 hours
The Tech Wizard Unit helps learners ages 7-9 build safe screen habits, explore how everyday AI works, and make smart digital choices in a connected world. Children learn that technology is powerful and using it wisely is one of the most important skills of their generation.
What’s Inside This Unit
Students learn to set healthy boundaries with screens, understand what a digital footprint is and how online actions leave a trail, and meet AI in age-appropriate ways. They build the foundation for responsible, confident, and safe technology use.
What Your Learner Gains
✓Sets healthy boundaries with screens and understands why balance matters
✓Understands digital footprints and how online actions leave a permanent trail
✓Meets AI in age-appropriate ways what it is, how it helps, where to be careful
✓Makes safe, smart choices when using devices, apps, and the internet
Lesson 1
Screen Time Smarts
Screens are tools learn to use them, not be used by them.
Learn to balance screen time with real-world activities. Understand why too much screen time affects mood, sleep, and focus and build habits that keep you in control.
1 hour
Lesson 2
My Online Footprint
Everything you do online leaves a trace.
Discover that every click, post, and message leaves a digital trail. Learn to make choices online that you’ll be proud of — even years from now.
1 hour
Lesson 3
Meet Your AI Helper
AI is already part of your world time to understand it.
Explore how artificial intelligence shows up in everyday life from voice assistants to recommendations and learn to use it safely, smartly, and with curiosity.
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 child every advantage
All 7 units. 21 lessons. 21 hours of guided learning. Complete life skills foundation for ages 7-9.
$159
$7/hr — less than tutoring
12-month access · Self-paced · 7 certificates · 14-day refund guarantee



