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Grade levels: Primary (1-3)

  • Super Pack – All 3 Titles

    Super Pack – All 3 Titles

    In the documentary-style film, middle school aged children share their personal stories of what its like to transition from elementary to middle school. Viewers will hear from children who are going into middle school and those who have already been attending. This challenging time is captured in their engaging stories about navigating new classes, having to use lockers for the first time, dealing with pressure to get good grades, worrying about fitting in and much more. Viewers will be left with a feeling of hope and an understanding that they are not alone in their feelings about transitioning to middle school.

    Inlcudes: “Getting a Grip on Middle School“, “Surviving the Middle School Social Scene“, and “Problems Solved: Advice from Middle Schoolers“.

  • Getting a Grip on Middle School

    Getting a Grip on Middle School

    In the documentary-style film, middle school aged children share their personal stories of what its like to transition from elementary to middle school. Viewers will hear from children who are going into middle school and those who have already been attending. This challenging time is captured in their engaging stories about navigating new classes, having to use lockers for the first time, dealing with pressure to get good grades, worrying about fitting in and much more. Viewers will be left with a feeling of hope and an understanding that they are not alone in their feelings about transitioning to middle school.

    Chapters include: My Biggest Fear, What’s Different, Expectations, New Classes and The Best Part.

  • Surviving the Middle School Social Scene

    Surviving the Middle School Social Scene

    In the documentary-style film, middle school aged children share their personal stories of what its like to transition from elementary to middle school. Viewers will hear from children who are going into middle school and those who have already been attending. This challenging time is captured in their engaging stories about navigating new classes, having to use lockers for the first time, dealing with pressure to get good grades, worrying about fitting in and much more. Viewers will be left with a feeling of hope and an understanding that they are not alone in their feelings about transitioning to middle school.

    Chapters include: Meeting New People, Fitting In, Lunch Time, Getting to Class, Independence & Pressure.

  • Super Pack – All 3 Titles

    Super Pack – All 3 Titles

    In Professor Child’s Children and Divorce series, children teach others about divorce by sharing their personal experiences. They describe what divorce means to them, how it has changed their lives, what has helped, what they love most about their families, and much more. Viewers will be left with a sense of hope and an understanding that they are not alone in experiencing divorce. Each volume includes a companion workbook with numerous discussion questions and creative exercises corresponding to the film. Includes: The Experience and Feelings, The Transition and Ways to Cope.

  • The Experience and Feelings

    The Experience and Feelings

    The Experience and Feelings, chapters include What Divorce Means to Me, How I Heard, My Biggest Worry, Things That Help, and If I Had a Magic Wand. In Professor Child’s Children and Divorce series, children teach others about divorce by sharing their personal experiences. They describe what divorce means to them, how it has changed their lives, what has helped, what they love most about their families, and much more. Viewers will be left with a sense of hope and an understanding that they are not alone in experiencing divorce. Each volume includes a companion workbook with numerous discussion questions and creative exercises corresponding to the film.

  • The Transition

    The Transition

    In Vol. 2, The Transition, chapters include What Has Changed Since the Divorce, My Parents’ Relationship Now, Caught in the Middle, and Back and Forth. In Professor Child’s Children and Divorce series, children teach others about divorce by sharing their personal experiences. They describe what divorce means to them, how it has changed their lives, what has helped, what they love most about their families, and much more. Viewers will be left with a sense of hope and an understanding that they are not alone in experiencing divorce. Each volume includes a companion workbook with numerous discussion questions and creative exercises corresponding to the film.

  • The Bully Report/The Bystanders

    The Bully Report/The Bystanders

    This is the story of a young school boy finding the courage to “speak up.” Quinn has no friends and is constantly taunted and teased by other students. After just managing to make it through another trying school week, he sees a classmate humiliated and bullied while a group of bystanders does nothing but watch. Quinn does his best to help, but the situation only escalates and a scary threat suggests the worst is yet to come. Over the weekend, Quinn turns a class assignment about kindness, courage, and communication into stirring message that galvanizes the class and emboldens everyone to “stand up and speak out about bullying.”

  • Say No With Pride

    Say No With Pride

    It’s important to do things that make you feel comfortable and safe; sometimes that means having to say no. When you do you’ll feel better about yourself, it’s called pride. Young students are taught to say no with confidence and stand firm. They don’t have to compromise with someone creating an unsafe situation. When you feel like you or someone you know is in danger, it’s important to say no and give your reasons for saying no. If necessary, get an adult to help. Even if you say yes at first it’s never to late to change your mind.

  • Rumors, Gossip and Teasing: It Hurts

    Rumors, Gossip and Teasing: It Hurts

    Rumors, Gossip, Taunting, Teasing and Bullying are all forms of harassment. Harassment is when someone or a group of people target someone else with the goal of making them feel bad. Teasing and taunting might get you angry, but there are healthy ways to deal with it and how it makes us feel. Sometimes the best thing to do is just ignore it. You can avoid people who say mean things. If you see others being bullied and picked on, you should say something to stop it. Helping the person being picked on will help you feel good about yourself, too.

  • Sexting: Sex + Text = Trouble

    Sexting: Sex + Text = Trouble

    Sexting is a combination of sex and text messaging. Junior High and High School students demonstrate the threat of sexted sexually explicit or suggestive photographs, messages and videos. Real life scenarios are presented along with the resulting consequences affecting a teenagers personal, social and future life. Follow students through a variety of sexting situations stemming from careless fun to cyberbullying along with their painful effects.