Growing Growth Mindset
Growing Growth Mindset
How does your child handle adversity? It is always amazing to me how young kids are when they start limiting what they think they can accomplish. Additionally, each child is different in their baseline to “bounce back” (resilience) when faced with adversity. Building these skills helps kids go from crumbling under pressure to knowing they can grow anywhere.
From a parent’s perspective, it can often feel unsettling to watch your child flounder. It can feel like putting them in a pool for the first time. Finding the right amount of letting them float on their own without letting them sink can be hard to gauge and tricky to navigate. Add in a child’s fear, uncertainty and emotions, and you can quickly lose sight of the goal horizon and second guess yourself. In this digital social-emotional learning activity kit, we will work on how to challenge our kids (with support) for optimal brain growth.
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITY KIT: Growing Growth Mindset
Here’s what you’ll get:
Brain-splain: The bite-size overview of why parenting with a growth mindset approach is so important in your child’s brain, especially in the long run. When you’re done reading this page, you’ll know what skills you’ll be working on and why they are so important.
Inhale+Exhale: People who have the best resiliency skills are the ones who can recognize and believe three things. We’ll tell you what they are and give you a mindful breathing exercise to get your kids to see that they have everything they need. Combine this will the chart below for a super boost in growth mindset.
Brain Boost: When faced with a frustrating challenge, it is a good idea to take a step back and make sure we are calm and ready to use our growth mindset skills. Sometimes we get “stuck” in our old mindset. This quick, fun and easy game can help disrupt fixed mindset and help retrain our brains for growth mindset thinking.
Journals: Have children of multiple ages in your home? Feel like you could use some help with focusing and training your brain too? We’ve got you covered. You’ll get three sets of weekly printable journals (little kid, big kid and teen/adult) to help your family grow and bond. In this pack, we’re working on seeing the growth that can come from trying hard things, even if you can’t do them yet.
Let’s Talk About It: Tired of asking what your kids feel and think and getting the cold, shrugged shoulder? A set of 12 conversation starters based around growth mindset to help you get deeper than how was your day and help open the family communication.
I Have, I Am, I Can: When the going gets tough and you feel like giving up, it’s important to remember that your situations and struggles are not what’s important, even though that’s what we tend to focus on. When you use this worksheet in combination with Inhale+Exhale, you’ll give your kiddos a huge boost in their growth mindset.
Videos: Two short, fun videos - one for you and one for the kids to help explain what’s happening in the brain and how they have the power to make choices that benefit their mental and physical well-being.
FAQ’s
+ What age-group is this for?
Most of our printables are designed for preschool through elementary age kiddos, but you're not limited to that age-range, by any means. If you have children in multiple age groups, you're going to take what you learn and infuse it in your older kid's lives, too. Plus, if you have older children, the weekly journals will make a big impact on weaving social-emotional, mindful learning into your whole family.
+ My child has a diagnosis. Will this work for me?
100% yes. What we’re going to teach you is how to boost their brain in courage, kindness, respect, responsibility, gratitude, creativity, growth mindset and healthy lifestyle. No matter your child’s diagnosis or where their current mindset is, the life skills you’re going to teach them will impact their overall well-being, contentment and future success. Not only that, it will do the same for you, which will be pretty life-altering.
+ How much time will I need to devote each month?
The content and activities will not add more to your plate, it’s just going to make the moments you have more intentional. You’ll get a little nugget each month to focus on and tools and activities to deepen your knowledge on the topic. Over time, as you rewire your brain, you’ll see the changes you’ve made take root and flourish. We’re helping you change your mindset and giving you tools to help your kids change theirs.
+ How is the content delivered?
They will be instantly downloadable after you submit your order. You’ll also get an email with download options. You’ll find all the pdfs and a link to two fun (short!) learning videos - one for your kids and one for you. View and print any of the printable PDF’s that you’d like! Stick them in a binder and use them all year long.
+ Can I share the content I get with my friends?
We would love for you to share how much you love this program with your friends and family, but each purchase is licensed for one family and can only be used with the immediate family or caregiver. If your family is in a dual house situation, you can of course share it with both houses.