Grades K–2
Look How I Have Grown
Draw something you could not do as a baby, something you can do now and something you will learn next.
SEL worksheet · Growth mindset
Change Your Words
Rewrite six stuck thoughts like “I can’t do this” into growth mindset words like “I can’t do this yet.”
- Grade level
- Grades 1–4
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Growth mindset
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Growth mindset, Perseverance, Positive self-talk, Learning from mistakes
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Change each stuck thought into growth mindset words.
- “I can’t do this.”
- “I made a mistake.”
- “This is too hard.”
- “I’m not good at this.”
- “It’s good enough.”
- My favorite growth mindset words:
Teacher tip
Post the growth mindset versions on the wall when kids finish.
How to use it
- Celebrate a “mistake of the day” where the class learns from an error.
- Connect it to a real hard task, like a tricky math page.
- Read scenarios aloud for younger kids and let them answer with a drawing.
Watch for
Praise for being “smart”. Try praising the effort or the strategy instead.
Talk about it
- What is something you couldn’t do last year that you can do now?
- How might someone else see it differently?
Take it further
Keep a learning journal where kids note one thing that was hard and how they kept going.
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More growth mindset worksheets
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Growth Mindset Power Words
Fill in the six power words, yet, practice, mistakes, try, help and brain, then pick your favorite.
Grades 3–5
Mistakes That Made Something Great
Match six real inventions, from Play-Doh to penicillin, to the mistake or surprise that led to them.
Grades 2–5
My Amazing Brain: True or False
Circle true or false for ten facts about how your brain grows when you learn, then fix two of the false ones.
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