Lesson Plan

Be Your Own Superhero Lesson Plan

Students will learn to identify and activate their internal superpowers—gut feelings, assertive refusals, and trusted adults—to stay safe and build confidence through movement and interactive activities.

Young children benefit from trauma-informed safety lessons that teach body awareness, assertive communication, and support-seeking. This empowers them to trust themselves, prevent harm, and build resilience.

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Prep

Material Preparation and Review

15 minutes

Step 1

Opening: Affirmations & Grounding

10 minutes

Step 2

Teaching Superpower 1: Gut Feelings

5 minutes

Step 3

Interactive Card Activity: Gut Feelings

8 minutes

Step 4

Teaching Superpower 2: Ways to Say No

5 minutes

Step 5

Interactive Practice: Refusal Styles

8 minutes

Step 6

Teaching Superpower 3: Trusted Adults

5 minutes

Step 7

Repetition: Blame-Free Language

3 minutes

Step 8

Wrap-Up: Putting It All Together

10 minutes

Step 9

Graduation: TAARA Superhero Ceremony

6 minutes

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Be Your Own Superhero

Affirmations & Grounding

Superhero Affirmations

Grounding Exercise

Superpower 1: Gut Feelings

Safe vs. Unsafe Signals

Interactive Activity: Match the Signal

Superpower 2: Ways to Say No

Refusal Styles

Practice: Choose Your No

Superpower 3: Trusted Adults

Trusted Adults Hand Diagram

Reinforcing Blame-Free Language

Safety Jingle: Stop, Run, Tell, Safe

Review Questions

Graduation: TAARA Superheroes

Thank You!

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Be Your Own Superhero

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