Grade 1-5
Lions Quest Skills for Growing is a comprehensive positive youth development program designed for students in Grades 1-5. It brings together parents, teachers, and community members to work toward a shared goal: helping children grow into healthy, capable, and responsible young individuals.
Children participate in developmentally appropriate activities that help them learn sharing, teamwork, empathy, and cooperation. At this formative age, students begin to develop essential life skills such as:
- Taking responsibility for their actions
- Building and nurturing positive relationships with family, peers, and community
- Practicing problem-solving and healthy decision-making
- Strengthening effective listening and communication
- Managing emotions in constructive ways
- Setting goals and working steadily toward achieving them
Program Details
CASEL / NEP 2020 Alignment:
Effective Material:
Easy to Implement:
Efficient Lesson Duration:
Comprehensive Professional Development:
Extensive Support:
The Family Connection:
Age-Appropriate Curriculum kits are grade specific, with six recurring thematic units –
- A positive Learning Community
- Personal Development
- Social Development
- Health and Prevention
- Leadership and Service
- Reflection and Closure
Implementation
The primary focus of Lions Quest in India Foundation (LQIF) is to reach every child and equip them with essential life skills grounded in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). The program aims to extend its impact by effectively implementing it across schools and communities by trained and certified educators.
Lions Quest is designed for students from Grades 1–8 and follows a progressive, age-appropriate, student-centred approach. Schools are encouraged to conduct 28–36 sessions per academic year for Skills for Growing (SFG) and Skills for Adolescence (SFA), facilitated exclusively by certified teachers at the primary and secondary levels.
Schools are required to allocate a 40-minute period, scheduled once or twice a week, preferably within the regular timetable along with other curriculum subjects. Enrollment is automatic for all students, with an option for parental opt-out. Each student receives a grade-specific journal and a Family Connection Book to reinforce learning at home.
LQIF provides books and materials at nominal costs to ensure wide access. The Family Connection book encourage stronger family bonds through simple, enjoyable shared activities after each session in class. Additionally, periodic parent meetings form an integral part of the implementation process, helping families stay informed and engaged.
Assessment & Evaluation:
Evaluation is a vital component of the program and includes pre- and post-implementation assessments, along with before-and-after comparisons of school discipline, attendance, and academic performance.
Additional evaluation methods include teacher observations and student self-reflections, supported by closure questions and techniques provided in the curriculum guides. Together, these approaches help measure student understanding, skill development, and overall program impact.
Lions Quest Skills For Growing curriculum materials soon will be available in regional languages like- Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Urdu and Bangla Languages.
Explore Lions Quest (All material Devang has to provide for 5th edition)
- Table of contents
- Scope & Sequence
- Sample lessons (One lesson for each grade)