How Parents Can Instill a Growth Mindset

March 1, 2020 3:25 pm

Modeling a growth mindset means being willing to try hard even when failure is likely because that’s how growth happens. For example, parents should try to get excited when their children make mistakes because these mistakes can reveal important conceptual gaps that should be filled. When adults get excited about the learning that mistakes can facilitate, children start to think of mistakes as a natural part of the learning process. For more information, click on the below link:

Activity: Model making mistakes

Growth Mindset for Parents

June 19, 2019 2:04 pm

Learn how to promote a growth mindset through the types of praise we give kids and through our response to mistakes. This great information is has been created by understood.org as a way to get a better understanding of how you can show your kids that failure is a natural part of the learning process.

Growth Mindset for Parents (Activities and Lessons)