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Drive high-quality youth experiences

Boys & Girls Clubs of America has developed a variety of resources to support high-quality programming. The Program Basics Planner provides full Program planning support, including access to our Program Basics Blueprint.

Refer to the Techniques below as elements to incorporate into your program sessions. Techniques include community builders, attention getters, collaborations, conversations, energizers, groupers and reflections. Each Program provided through Club Programs incorporates elements of a high quality session within its content. However, you wish to customize the session with techniques of your own choosing

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Youth together creating a project.

Our (Mixed Media) Scene

Youth create a collaborative mixed media scene.Step 1 Say, “We’re...

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Community Builders
Youth and staff working on a paper project.

Make A (Mixed Media) Scene

Youth create a collaborative mixed media scene.Step 1Say, “We’re ...

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Community Builders
Youth and staff working on a paper project.

Make A (Mixed Media) Scene

Youth create a collaborative mixed media scene.Step 1Say, “We’re ...

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Community Builders
Child smiling and drawing.

How I Shape

Youth invent and share a new shape.Step 1Say, “We’re going to exp...

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Child smiling and drawing.

How I Shape

Youth invent and share a new shape.Step 1Say, “We’re going to exp...

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Youth and staff drawing

Explore Shapes

Youth invent and share a new shape.Step 1Say, “We’re going to exp...

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Youth sitting with painted apron

Color My Mood

Youth invent and share a new color.Step 1 Say, “We’re going to ex...

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Youth sitting with painted apron

Color My Mood

Youth invent and share a new color.Step 1 Say, “We’re going to ex...

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  • Group size
Community Builders

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