Introduction

Footprints for Life™ is a program that builds assets and teaches important life skills to your children while they are students in grades two and three. This research-based program uses puppets and stories that feature "real life" situations experienced by a children's soccer team and offers many opportunities to students to practice the new skills they have learned in a fun and non-threatening way. Our goal is to help young children build a strong foundation of life skills rooted in key social competencies. The social competencies that Footprints addresses are planning and decision-making practice, interpersonal skills, cultural competence, peer pressure, and peaceful conflict resolution — assets identified as promoting positive attitudes and behaviors.

If you and your child like our Footprints for Life program, please make a donation to NCADD of Middlesex County, Inc. Your contribution will help us to continue to provide prevention programs throughout Middlesex County's communities and schools while also working to continue developing new and innovative programs like Footprints for Life.

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Lessons

Below are the lessons being taught through the Footprints for Life program.

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