Great question! Traditional education (e.g. math, literacy, science) and life education are essential for personal development and they help us to define our objectives in life. But while the former category teaches us about social, scientific and environmental knowledge, the latter trains us to be good citizens and moral individuals. As opposed to traditional education, in life education there is no distinction between what happens inside and outside the classroom.

Life education encourages valuing every person, personal responsibility, living in harmony, and care for others and the environment.

An exemplary, compassionate, and resilient person is made, not born. Just as we learn mathematics and languages, we need to also grow in those lessons that are fundamental to living in harmony and social progress such as respect for others, human solidarity, and critical thinking. Without these and other ethical principles that define us as human beings, it will be difficult for us to build a better world.

All of our educational curriculum is created by or alongside accredited educators in the K-12 school system. In certain instances, we also work alongside professionals in relevant fields, such as mental health professionals or nutritionists. Our curriculum creators are based across Canada and the U.S.A.

Yes, we design all of our curriculum material to help you achieve your curricular requirements!

Curriculum requirements vary between jurisdictions and countries, but in general, our lesson plans most commonly achieve requirements in three subject areas:

• Physical Health Education
• Career & Life Education
• Social Studies

Each lesson plan specifies what students are expected to learn, which can be viewed on each product page.

As we are based in B.C., Canada, our foundational curricular framework aligns with the B.C. Ministry of Education's Core & Curricular Competencies, which can be accessed here.

Once you purchase a product, you will immediately receive an email with instructions to access your content! Check your spam folder if nothing is coming up. If you have any issues, please contact us at info@thesignalhill.com.

Once you complete your purchase, you will have access to the material or video access for 180 days (6 months).

When we create lesson plan material for younger students, books will often be used to help capture their attention and reinforce learning. In most cases, we try to choose books that schools are most likely to already have in their library.

If you are unable to access a book, however, we encourage you to look up the book on YouTube. Many authors or publishers provide a video reading of the book.

Signal Hill receives no compensation from publishers for any books we highlight or use in our lessons plans.

The average amount of prep time required for each lesson is 10 minutes, and in most cases this is for printing the lesson plan's accompanying printable material.

Our goal is to reduce your workload as much as possible!

Currently, our Life Education curriculum is available only in English.

We will be adding language translations for our curriculum in the near future, however, including in Canadian French and Spanish.

The time to complete each lesson plan accords with the age of the students. Younger students have shorter attention spans, so the lesson plans for a kindergarten class will be shorter than those for middle school classes.

In general, lesson plan durations are as follows:

• Grades K-2: 30 minutes
• Grades 3-5: 30-45 minutes
• Grades 6-8: 45-60 minutes
• Grades 9-12: 45-75 minutes

Yes you can! If you are interested in doing this, please contact us at info@thesignalhill.com.

Regarding purchases made at Signal Hill, the resources you purchase are delivered electronically. As such, you cannot return a PDF, video files, and other printable material after its been downloaded. For this reason, all digital resources sold on Signal Hill are considered final and non-refundable.

On a limited, case-by-case basis, however, some refunds are permitted. The specific circumstances where refunds are permitted:

1. Compromised Resource File - A resource file is damaged and inaccessible.
2. Accidental duplicate Purchase— You purchased the same resource twice by accident in the same calendar day.

If your purchase falls into one of these categories, you can submit a refund request by emailing info@thesignalhill.com. Please be sure to include in your request: the resource name and your concerns, along with any specific examples or details you might have. Please include, if any, screenshots.

We would love to hear your recommendations for future educational material! Please email us at info@thesignalhill.com with your recommendations!