Making Virtual Girls’ Circles Special

How do we foster community when we can't really be together? How do we motivate girls to spend more time in adult-led online togetherness when they already spend so much time logged in for academic? Muses and clinicians work hard to ensure that the girls in virtual circles feel cared for, and that goes beyond what they say when they're all talking together. One technique is to create a literal virtual space in which everyone can imagine that they are gathering together, like this virtual room designed for 5th graders from Howe Elementary Prior to one meeting. each girl received a "kit" with  construction paper, markers, colored ...