Kids need more than SEL.
Discover the Power of Embedding Character Development into the Programs Kids Already Love
8 True Traits isn't a standalone SEL curriculum--it's a movement that uses your programming as a catalyst (or a carrot) to nurture true character in children and young adults.
Our team equips programs that teach kids skills (like pickleball, arts, magic, etc.) with a simple, proven model to also teach life skills and character traits—like respect, confidence, and creativity—through those activities.
Listen to Thomas Graham, our founder, talk about the 8 True Traits movement.
What Makes Us Different:
1. Interest-Motivated
We don't try to make SEL fun. We start with fun — and make it SEL.
2. Skill Mastery
The 8 True Traits make learning easier and more effective.
3. Lasting Character
Kids don't just learn about the traits, they become the traits.
No by-products here.
Both the skills learned and the traits integrated build on each other. Kids want to learn the skill and they see the traits as a means to accomplish that goal.
The traits then enhance the skill, making learning easier and more effective.
Character is not an added bonus to the lesson--It is the core.
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Being Respectful means treating others the way you want to be treated.
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Being Prepared means having everything ready and practicing what you will say and do.
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Being Enthusiastic means showing positive energy that inspires others.
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Being Confident means standing tall, believing in yourself, and performing without fear.
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Being Humble means remembering that there is always something more to learn.
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Being Creative means using your imagination to make your domain your own.
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Being Authentic means being your best YOU—truthful, genuine, and unapologetically yourself.
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Being Giving means sharing the things you know and do—and yourself—with others.
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DAMIEN BREZINSKI
“If my kid could only pick one program to go to...THIS IS IT.”
MARY LEISTER
“My kid is now waking me up to get ready for this program.”
SPALLER FAMILY
“The way you guys run your programs is how life skills should be experienced.”
JOY SKINNER
“My daughter has never been more excited to come home and show me what she’s learned!”