10 Growth Mindset Strategies for Teachers and Parents

10 Growth Mindset Strategies for Teachers and Parents.

Here is a list of 10 strategies that will promote and encourage a Growth Mindset.

1. Praise Effort rather than a child's ability.  As educators and as parents we should praise the process over the end product or result.

2. Allow children to fail and acknowledge imperfections.

3. Try new things with the children that are challenging.

4. Teach children about the brain and how the brain works and learns.

5. Use the word YET.

6. Encourage children to persevere.

7. Demonstrate and view challenges as opportunities.

8. The importance of Practice Practice and Practice.

9. The power of words.  Use words that promote and encourage a Growth Mindset.

10. Model Model and Model all of the above.

Having a Growth Mindset means you are training your brain to get smarter...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElVUqv0v1EE

A small animation explaining a Growth and Fixed Mindset.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_oqghnxBmY

Growth Mindset Quotes

WEDNESDAY WORDS OF WISDOM.

GROWTH MINDSET QUOTES...

I'm excited about the Growth Mindset Set I have developed with a Snoopy theme.  You can find this set at
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/GROWTH-MINDSET-SNOOPYRIFIC-SET-2350727?aref=3tuqnvr5

Here are some posters in the set that promote a Growth Mindset.  

A student with a Growth Mindset thrives on challenges and sees failures as a chance for growth.  It encourages students to persevere and not give up!

Wednesday's Words of Wisdom: Growth Mindset

WEDNESDAY'S WORDS OF WISDOM

"You have only FAILED IF YOU HAVE GIVEN UP, until then, it's LEARNING"

Carol Dweck researched "Growth Mindset" and she talks about the power of believing in that you can improve.  The power of the word YET or NOT YET allows the student to keep trying and not give up.

https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en

"If you have never failed.  You've never tried anything new."

Charles Schulz's,  Peanuts Comic Strip cartoonist became famous, however, in high school his work was rejected for the high school yearbook by the staff at his school.  If this stopped him he would never have become the famous cartoonist he became.As teachers and parents we should highlight the learning that happens through mistakes.  Students should be challenged and their accomplishments celebrated. Effort, practice and process should be praised not just the end result.