This page contains information on tutoring services, links to various research and blogs that focus on grit and information on our Grit Curriculum. Please contact us to discuss/access any of the Grit Academy services at kimboyer10@comcast.net

Grit Academy Tutors

Grit Research

Continue to check this page for updated links on Grit related research.

• Angela Duckworth: https://angeladuckworth.com/grit-book/
• Paul Tough: https://www.paultough.com/books/how-children-succeed/
• School of Smock blog: http://www.schoolofsmock.com/2013/05/17/how-do-we-teach-our-kids-grit/
• How to build resilience in midlife: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/well/mind/how-to-boost-resilience-in-midlife.html?_r=3 
• Grit and the pandemic: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/here-we-are/202007/building-grit-in-pandemic

Grit Curriculum

Grit Moms has developed enrichment curriculum designed for small groups, after school programs and home schooling environments. Each lesson plan is designed to cover a week’s worth of activities with a main lesson and several extension activities focusing on Multicultural Awareness, Math, English Language Arts, Nutrition and more! Please contact us using the email above to get the available curriculum sets sent to you.

The following lesson plans ranging from 6 weeks to a year are available:

1. High School Culinary Curriculum (15 weekly lessons)
2. Eskwela Filipino Curriculum for Elementary age students (23 weekly lessons)
3. Elementary Math Enrichment Curriculum grades 3 thru 5 (20 weekly lessons for each grade level)
4. Elementary Literacy Enrichment Curriculum grades 2 thru 5 (20 weekly lessons for each grade level)

Below is an image of a lesson plan template with descriptions: