Growth Mindset Practices and Activities
Circle Opener/Closer:
What kind of a student were you?
Who is a teacher who gave you support? Believed in you?
What is something you had to work really hard to achieve?
What messages did you get about “failure” from family or school?
Think of a student who needs your support, describe that student with a growth mindset. Who is someone who supports you?
What is something you are proud of?
Shout-outs: Name something you think someone in this circle should be proud of who is the person? What should they be proud of?
Growth Mindset Reframes:
Ask participants to work in pairs to reframe these fixed mindset phrases:
I’m terrible at Math
I can’t draw
I don’t get technology
This is too hard
I don’t get it and I don’t care
She always does better than me
My favorite NO:
Teaching Channel Class Warm-up Routine
Burial for your “Can’t”:
Take a list of “can’t” statements and hold a “burial”.
**This activity can be done in a secular manner, without the religious framework
“Most people measure their happiness in terms of physical pleasure and material possession. Could they win some visible goal which they have set on the horizon, how happy they could be! ”
“You can get it if you really want, but you must try, try and try...you’ll succeed at last! ”