Check out our little ones in K-1 practicing persistence and learning about a growth mindset. One of my main goals for the kids at WHAM is that they develop a growth mindset. I plan to do this by teaching them about what having a growth mindset means as well as practicing these concepts with STEM. This week the younger kids were introduced to growth mindset in two ways. First, we watched and discussed this short video from Class Dojo where we learned that our brain is "like" a muscle. Muscles grow stronger when we try things that are hard and our brains are similar. When we try hard things that challenge us our brains grow stronger. Mrs. Lakvold read the book Library Lion about a lion who goes to the library and finds out that sometimes you have to break the rules to do what is right. The book is inspired by the lion statues, Patience and Fortitude, outside of the New York Public Library. You can check the book out here. Then we challenged the kids to create a “pedestal” using cardboard tubes and popsicle sticks which could hold up to 10 “lions” or little cubes. Of course, the pedestals fell many times as the kids tried to add their “lions” and that’s when the magic happened. Although disappointed, the kids were able to try again and again encouraging each other along the way. I wish you could have seen how persistent they were and heard how kind and encouraging they were with their partners. Comments are closed.
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