Growth Mindset

We have been discussing "growth mindset" in our crew lessons.  We kicked off this lesson with this great video from Khan Academy : Growth Mindset

From there, we discussed what hard things have we already learned how to do.  The kids came up with:
~learning to tie his/her shoes
~learning to read
~learning how to ride a bike

For our initiative, we tried hard things like jump roping or for kids who know how to jump rope, trying a new trick.  When things get hard, we made a chart like this to help us remember what to say to ourselves.

Want to support this learning at home?
First, I sent home a book mark for you to keep handy to help your student try and persevere through hard things.  Second, try reading this book.

We did a Fox Creek staff book study of this book and it has great ideas.   It is wonderful to see the kids persevere through hard things and then reflect that the hard work can pay off.
So instead of "You are so smart".  "Wow!  Good job!" .....
In our class, you will hear "Wow!  You worked hard.  What are you proud of?" or "That use to be hard for you and now you tried and tried and got it."  "Your hard work is paying off".

Our learning targets were:
I can have a growth mindset when things are hard.
I can try new things even though it is scary or uncomfortable.