The Parent Guide to Our Whole Lives: Grades K-1 and Grades 4-6

Abstract:
[ARCHIVED] This guide accompanies the Our Whole Lives comprehensive sexuality education curriculum for grades K-1 and 4-6. It is designed to help parents respond to their children's questions and concerns about sexuality. This guide supports parents in their role as their children's primary sexuality educators and explains why sexuality education should be taught to children of young ages. It also explains why sexuality education should be taught in a religious setting. The first section of the book contains a list of goals for the Our Whole Lives curricula. It also contains information about additional materials that accompany the curricula for K-1 and 4-6 grades. The second section of the guide provides information about children's sexual development form birth to age twelve. In addition, a program guide to Our Whole Lives provides an overview of sessions contained in the K-1 and 4-6 grade curricula is included. For grades K-1, these sessions include information about gender, sexual orientation, sexual abuse, marriages, and families. For grades 4-6, these sessions include continued information about sexual orientation and value, as well as information about puberty, lovemaking and reproduction, health and safety, communication, and decision making. A glossary follows the program guides. It contains definitions of selected words used in each curriculum. A comprehensive list of resources is included at the end of the document. Parents of children participating in the Our Whole Lives curriculum are encouraged to use this guide. Some parents whose children aren't participating in the Our Whole Lives curriculum may wish to implement the Our Whole Lives curriculum at home.

Author(s): Hoertdoerfer, Patricia


Date Published: 1/2/2000

Pages: 104

Location Code: 1080