Beginner course
3rd / 4th Grade
A beginner course teaching the basics of the female body, normalizing anatomy language, and recognizing the body as an amazing gift.
Curriculum available upon request
Charleston, South Carolina
Your teacher
Allison Combs
The class I wish every girl I've taught could have had.
I've worked with third- through fifth-grade students for over a decade. Girls Club gives girls a space to ask questions, understand their changing bodies, and celebrate who they are alongside other girls growing through the same things.
I lead girls-only groups for ages 9–12 here in Charleston. We meet for five weeks, and I teach every session myself.
What is Girls Club?
A safe gathering space for girls to:
- Recognize and appreciate their own unique selves
- Practice self-love through reflection, journaling, sharing, & affirmations
- Learn about and appreciate the female body parts and their functions
- Learn about upcoming body changes & proper hygiene
- Learn the basics of sex (5th, 6th, & 7th grade only)
- Ask questions in a safe & comfortable setting among peers
About me
I’ve spent my career teaching kids this age.
- Certified Girls Club trainer — trained by founder Annie Wolf
- M.S. in Education — Johns Hopkins University
- Teach For America — corps member
- 5 years — teaching 4th and 5th grade
- 196 classrooms — using the K–5 curriculum I wrote
Before this I wrote curriculum for a fourteen-campus school system — K-5 science used in 196 classrooms, and the training that went with it. Designing what a child that age can actually absorb, and what an adult can actually deliver, is my profession. This class is that, pointed at the one conversation most families put off.
I teach a certified national program. I trained with Girls Club founder Annie Wolf, and trainers now serve families in 35+ states and 14 countries.
I teach the questions girls are already asking · I use the correct words · I make room for honest questions ·
Is it time?
I want her to have the words before she has to wonder alone.
16%
of US girls now start their period before age 11—nearly double the earlier share.
36%
of parents think the conversation should begin before age 10.
I teach before the questions feel urgent, so she has accurate language for what her body is doing.
The curriculum
A few of the things she’ll learn with me.
I use correct names and concrete answers. The full curriculum stays in the room — I’m happy to share it with parents on request.
Placeholder — confirm against official curriculum
Building course
5th / 6th / 7th Grade
A course that builds on background knowledge and offers a safe space to ask questions, share, and prepare for body changes on the horizon or happening now.
Curriculum available upon request
Her anatomy
I teach her anatomy using the correct scientific names.
How bodies change
I explain how her body works and what changes are coming.
Periods & hygiene
I walk through what happens, when it happens, and what to do.
Male anatomy
I use correct words for every body so the subject becomes ordinary, not loaded.
Self-love practice
I guide reflection, journaling, affirmations, and sharing.
How it’s taught
I use real tools to make abstract ideas easier to understand.
- I draw diagrams specifically for this age
- I use an anatomically correct model pelvis to show how the uterus sits inside the body
- I use anatomical models and posters for accurate, non-cartoonish depictions
- I lead small-group discussion and use an anonymous question box
Ways to learn with me
Choose the format that fits your family.
I teach the Girls Club curriculum as a five-week series or a one-day workshop.
Weekly Girls Club Series
I teach 5 classes, 90 minutes each, with 8–14 girls. Meeting week after week gives girls time to settle in, build on the last conversation, and get to know the same faces.
$375 per girl
Two ways to join this
One-Day Workshop
I teach the full curriculum in one 6-hour day for families who cannot make a weekly series. Same material, compressed into a single long day.
$375 per girl
How a group books thisTwo ways to join
Book a spot in my series, or bring your own group.
Families come to me two ways. Some want a seat in the series I already run. Others already have the girls and want a date of their own. Here is the difference.
Option 1 · No group needed
Join the Sunday series
I already run a five-week series in Downtown Charleston. You book your own daughter — no organizer, no group to gather. I fill the rest of the room.
- Next series
- Sunday, January 10, 2027
- Time
- 4:00–5:30pm · 5 weeks
- Where
- 1 I Street, Charleston, SC 29403
- Price
- $375 per girl
Class dates · 4:00–5:30pm
- Week 1 · Sunday, January 10
- Week 2 · Sunday, January 17
- Week 3 · Sunday, January 24
- Week 4 · Sunday, January 31
- Week 5 · Sunday, February 7
8–14 girls in the room. Register her below — I’ll email you about payment.
Option 2 · Bring your own group
You already have the girls
Neighbors, teammates, classmates, a troop — if you can gather at least 8 girls, one parent becomes the Chief Parent Organizer and I coordinate a date that works for all of you.
- 01One parent gathers the groupThe organizer texts or emails their community and locks in at least 8 girls who can commit.
- 02They send me datesThe organizer emails me one or two dates that work for the group.
- 03I confirm a date that works for allOnce I confirm, each family books their own daughter and the room is yours.
Runs in either format: a five-week series or a one-day workshop.
Five-week series
How a five-week series gets booked.
This is the bring-your-own-group path. One parent gathers the girls, I confirm a start date and weekly time that work for all of you, and each family books their own daughter. If you would rather book a seat in the series I already run, that is the Sunday series — no group needed.
Not live yet
The booking page, payment step, and confirmation emails described below are not connected yet.
01
Choose a Chief Parent Organizer
Every group needs one point person. That parent — your Chief Parent Organizer — gathers interest, proposes dates, and keeps everyone in step.
02
Check the calendar and gauge interest
The organizer texts or emails their community with a few possible start dates and weekly time slots. For a series, girls have to be able to commit to the same five weeks in a row.
03
The organizer contacts me
Once at least 8 girls can commit to the same five weeks at the same weekly time, the organizer emails me one or two options. When I confirm, that series goes on the booking page.
04
Each family books
Parents pick the confirmed series and book their own daughter, including a nonrefundable payment.
05
Complete the intake form
After payment, each parent gets a confirmation email with a link to a short form. It has to be filled in before the first class — the last step to hold the spot. The group has one week to get everyone booked.
06
Reminders go out
Everyone gets a reminder two weeks before the first class with the details and what to expect, and another two days before.
If the series falls apart
- What if the group books a date but fewer than 8 girls sign up?
- The deposits are nonrefundable and the series is not booked. That is why at least 8 girls need to be locked in before families start booking.
- What if the group needs to reschedule?
- I offer one other start date as a make-up. If that date works for the group, we move the series. If it does not, the series is cancelled and no refunds are given.
- What if a girl misses one class?
- There is no make-up class. I catch her up during the next class, so she does not fall behind.
Grouping by grade
- 3rd and 4th grade girls can be in the same class.
- 5th, 6th, and 7th grade girls can be in the same class.
- Each grade group runs its own five-week course: 3rd and 4th grade is the beginner course, and 5th, 6th, and 7th grade builds on it.
One-day workshop
How a one-day workshop gets booked.
A workshop runs for a group you bring — there is no scheduled public workshop to join. One parent gathers the girls, I confirm a date that works for all of you, and each family books their own daughter.
Not live yet
The booking page, payment step, and confirmation emails described below are not connected yet.
01
Choose a Chief Parent Organizer
Every group needs one point person. That parent — your Chief Parent Organizer — gathers interest, proposes dates, and keeps everyone in step.
02
Check the calendar and gauge interest
The organizer texts or emails their community with a few possible dates for the workshop.
03
The organizer contacts me
Once at least 8 girls can attend the same date, the organizer emails me one or two dates. When I confirm, that date goes on the booking page.
04
Each family books
Parents pick the confirmed workshop date and book their own daughter, including a nonrefundable payment.
05
Complete the intake form
After payment, each parent gets a confirmation email with a link to a short form. It has to be filled in before workshop day — the last step to hold the spot. The group has one week to get everyone booked.
06
Reminders go out
Everyone gets a reminder two weeks before with the details and what to expect, and another two days before.
If the date falls apart
- What if the group books a date but fewer than 8 girls sign up?
- The deposits are nonrefundable and the workshop is not booked. That is why at least 8 girls need to be locked in before families start booking.
- What if the group needs to reschedule?
- I offer one other day as a make-up. If that date works for the group, we reschedule. If it does not, the workshop is cancelled and no refunds are given.
- What if I am sick or weather stops the day?
- I offer two other days, the group votes on the preferred one, and we reschedule.
Grouping by grade
- 3rd and 4th grade girls can be in the same class.
- 5th, 6th, and 7th grade girls can be in the same class.
- The curriculum is the same for all age groups in the beginning-level one-day workshop.
Inside the room
I set the room up so girls can ask what they would not ask anywhere else.
I keep it girls-only, use an anonymous question box, and teach the group myself.
Where we meet
1 I Street, Charleston, SC 29403 — right downtown.
01
I keep it girls-only—no parents in the room, by design.
I’ve seen girls share more and ask more when the room belongs to them and their peers.
02
I use an anonymous question box every week.
Girls put questions in privately. I answer them for the whole room without names.
03
I keep the group small so nobody gets lost.
I plan for 8–14 girls, so nobody gets lost and every girl gets answered.
04
I expect uncertainty, not instant confidence.
I name the awkwardness instead of pretending it is not there; that is what helps the group settle in.
Five weeks with me
What I want her to leave with.
I teach over five weeks so girls can come back with the questions that only occur to them after the first conversation.
Knowledge
I give her accurate, age-appropriate explanations of her changing body.
Confidence
I give her words for what she notices, feels, and wants to ask.
Friendship
I make room for girls to recognize that their peers have questions too.
Belonging
I treat every honest question as a normal part of learning.
A question before you book
Could Girls Club be a fit for her?
What’s on your mind about your daughter joining a class?
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Ask Allison directlyQuestions parents ask me
Here’s what I tell Charleston parents before they book.
Not ready yet?
Not this series? Tell me when the next one opens.
No newsletter. I’ll send only the next Charleston-area series date when it is ready.
For communities
Bring me to your group.
I lead grade-level sessions and parent evenings for private schools, churches, and Girl Scout troops across the Charleston area.
- I shape student sessions by grade level
- I lead separate parent education evenings
- I adapt the format around your community