Books That Help With Resilience and Mindset

“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible!'”
Audrey Hepburn

Do you have a fixed or growth mindset?

Children (and adults!) with a growth mindset

Believe that intelligence and abilities

Can be developed through effort, persistence

Trying different strategies and learning from mistakes

On the other hand, people with a fixed mindset

Believe that our intelligence and abilities are fixed traits

Something that you are born with

And that you can’t really do anything about

Anyone can have a growth mindset

But first they need to understand what it means

Why it matters

And they need to train their brains

To be open to new ideas, new challenges

To want to solve problems

And take on different tasks

It is not easy

And it is something I revisit often with my own children

As part of our home education

In fact, we start every academic year

With a series of workshops

Focused on our fantastic elastic brains

And the power of the magical yet!

For this learning we of course turn to books

Book that help us to understand

What it means to have a growth mindset

And why it is important

Children need to know that

It’s okay for us to make mistakes

If we don’t make mistakes we can’t learn from them

In order to make mistakes we have to have courage to take risks

Even if we are worried we might fail or fall

If we fall it does not matter

It is what we do after the fall that counts

We must be resilient

And not afraid of trying, trying and trying again

In order to take risks

To find the strength and courage to have

One more try

We have to put in some effort

We need to be focused and persistent

And we will eventually be successful

In our own unique way

Because we are all smart cookies

If you are planning lessons for a new class

Organising learning for a new school year

Preparing your own children for something new

Why not read a book or two from this selection

Plan some activities that will help little ones

Become more resilient and

Develop a growth mindset

Here are our favourite

Books That Help children with those two vital things

Do you see any favourites of yours in our collection?

Would you like to know more about any of these?

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