Everything Kids Need to Know About Growing Their Mindset

Teaching kids about growing their mindset is a beautiful way to empower them with the belief that they can develop their abilities and intelligence through effort and perseverance. This engaging flipbook works through several activities to help your students understand this concept.

The flipbook includes the following activities:

• Sorting growth vs. fixed statements.
• Think about a dream and how you might achieve it.
• Think about a time you made a mistake and how you learnt from it.
• Think about something that is hard to do right now and how you can make it easier.
• How can you change your mindset?
• The power of YET.

How to Create This Growth Mindset Flipbook

You’ll need to print this whole resource for each student; while it seems like a lot of paper, students can refer to it throughout an entire mathematics unit on odd and even numbers.

1. Cut out the flipbook pages on the dashed lines.
2. Stack the pages in order, beginning with the largest on the bottom and ending with the smallest on top.
3. Align all pages along the top edge.
4. Staple the book together at marked staple points.
5. Have students draw and write about the story elements based on the prompt given on each page.

Multiple Applications for This Growth Mindset Flipbook

The beauty of this resource lies in its versatility! Why not try some of the following suggestions:

• Whole-class activity (completed as a class)
• Small-group activity (in small guided groups)
• Individual activity (for students who are capable of completing independently)
• Homework task (for revision of concepts taught)

Download and Create Today!

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the PDF or editable Google Slide version of this resource.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.