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Showing posts with label confidence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label confidence. Show all posts
PPBF: Top Notch
anxiety,
books,
confidence,
courage,
mindset
11.10.2023
Today I'm grateful for the close of another incredible week; Wednesday night we were treated to this brilliance on an overnight with our friends in Waelder, TX that we hadn't seen in several years.
Maslow Before Bloom
back to school,
books,
confidence,
emotions,
feelings,
identity
7.26.2022
As July comes crashing to a close, I'm thinking a lot
about this upcoming school year, year 39 for me.
PPBF: Abdul's Story
books,
confidence,
grit,
growth mindset,
writing
6.10.2022
Today I'm excited to be coming to you from Wisconsin;
check out this doorway to greatness that found me.
PPBF: Just Ask!
books,
confidence,
courage,
differences,
feelings,
hope
4.10.2020
Today I'm grateful to have started my morning on a Zoom Call with an AmAzInG school family in Wentzville, MO, where I was scheduled to go on March 20th.
What fun to bring this quick reminder about wellbeing to them!
Celebrating Your Beautiful Oops
confidence,
feelings,
mindset,
mistakes
3.11.2015
The other day in Peace Class, we were talking about why people lie to cover up mistakes. Most students thought it was so that they wouldn't get in trouble, but one explained it just a little differently. She said that she thought it might be to avoid the uncomfortable feeling of embarrassment and her reflections gave me pause. Why does making mistakes cause us to be embarrassed?
Aren't mistakes just learning opportunities in disguise?
Then, another student asked me something that stopped me in my tracks: Do you ever make mistakes, Mrs. Gruener? The answer, of course, is a resounding yes, but only recently have I learned that it's not the end of the world to admit to mistakes, to ask for forgiveness, to grow from them, even!
I love this saying, especially if you replace the phrase things from the past with one simple word: mistakes.
Then last night, I participated in a #daretobe Twitter chat about confidence. Is it possible that fear of making mistakes keeps people from living life fully, with confidence? Lisa from Growing Firsties uses this classroom mantra below to keep that from happening with her school family; talk about your confidence-builder.
What if we looked at mistakes through a growth mindset lens, as just a natural part of the education process, the journey rather than the destination? What would celebrating mistakes change?
Enter Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg.
Do you know this book? Check out the trailer:
This past January, Workman Publishing launched a campaign with one thing in mind: Celebrating mistakes in this classroom ... because every oops is an opportunity to make something beautiful.
Make it your resolution that your classroom and school be a mistake-making place where you foster creativity and work with students to learn, explore, and grow. Then register your school for the Celebrate Oops program {here}. Once you do, you'll receive a kit with a cool poster for your door, some Beautiful Oops stickers and an Educator's Guide. It would feel like a huge mistake to miss this freebie!
The author is also available for school visits; clicks {here} for more information about that beautiful opportunity.
Want a title to compare and contrast?
Click the Willow graphic for a review and a long list of ideas.
What was your most recent beautiful oops?
How did you celebrate?
What did you learn?
PPBF: Are You Confident Today?
attitude,
confidence,
counseling,
feelings,
self-esteem
3.07.2014
Today I'm delighted to introduce the first book in the
Authors: Kris Yankee and Marian Nelson
Illustrator: Jeff Covieo
Publisher: Ferne Press
Date: March 2014
Themes: confidence, self-esteem, attitude
Non-fiction
Suitable for: ages 4-8 (and beyond!)
Brief synopsis: This kid-friendly guide offers practical, every-day tips, healthy self-talk and positive reframes that'll help your children gain the confidence they'll need in an increasingly high-stakes, competitive world.
Opening page: Every day is a new day. Today is about being confident.
Resources: Raising Confident Kids from Kids Health {here}.
30 Ways To Raise Confident Kids from That's So Cuegly {here}.
The Key to Raising Confident Kids from Psychology Today {here}.
Dr. Sears' 12 Ways To Help Your Child Build Self Confidence {here}.
Evan Lysacek helps us understand the word confidence {here}.
Why I like this book and how I would use it:
I'd start my lesson with a pre-assessment asking students to rate their level of confidence on a scale of 1 to 10 with one being not confident at all and 10 being the most confident that they could be. See what they think tomorrow's leaders know about confidence before reading this guide to helping build confidence that fluently speaks their language.
I could totally feel an underlying current that says to young people that it's okay if they can't do something ... yet ... and encourages them to try things on their own, to gain independence bit by bit, and to persevere even when things are scary, difficult, or challenging. It also tells them that it's okay, important even, to bounce back from failures by giving it another shot.
Because resiliency builds confidence.
So does helping others,
standing up for what's right,
and learning a new skill, like playing a musical instrument.
The book's text takes its reader through things that they can
easily manage by themselves with a little confidence -
from helping with breakfast to packing your own backpack,
from experimenting in science to shaking on a stage,
from striking out at the ball diamond to snuggling in for a story -
to share real-life scenarios that s/he can relate to and use to make meaningful text-to-self connections. With a can-do attitude, our youngest superheroes can soar with confidence.
At the end of the book, not only are there prompts for reflection
but also parenting tips for raising confident children.
After reading and discussing the book, have them rate their confidence level again to see if they've changed their minds, even just a little, about where they find themselves on that 1-10 scale. Then let them complete a graphic organizer like this with examples of ways that they show that they're confident.
On their official online SAT test question of the day page,
the College Board uses the expression:
Practice makes perfect, so perfect your practice.
Follow up your read-aloud by asking students what they think this means.
Find out if they think there's any such thing as perfect.
Henry Ford once said, "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right." Explore with your students if they agree with that statement or not, and see how they might connect that quote to confidence.
Finally, have students write about a time that they were ... or weren't ... very confident. What was that experience like and how did they learn and grow from it?
Brief synopsis: This kid-friendly guide offers practical, every-day tips, healthy self-talk and positive reframes that'll help your children gain the confidence they'll need in an increasingly high-stakes, competitive world.
Opening page: Every day is a new day. Today is about being confident.
Resources: Raising Confident Kids from Kids Health {here}.
30 Ways To Raise Confident Kids from That's So Cuegly {here}.
The Key to Raising Confident Kids from Psychology Today {here}.
Dr. Sears' 12 Ways To Help Your Child Build Self Confidence {here}.
Evan Lysacek helps us understand the word confidence {here}.
Why I like this book and how I would use it:
I'd start my lesson with a pre-assessment asking students to rate their level of confidence on a scale of 1 to 10 with one being not confident at all and 10 being the most confident that they could be. See what they think tomorrow's leaders know about confidence before reading this guide to helping build confidence that fluently speaks their language.
I could totally feel an underlying current that says to young people that it's okay if they can't do something ... yet ... and encourages them to try things on their own, to gain independence bit by bit, and to persevere even when things are scary, difficult, or challenging. It also tells them that it's okay, important even, to bounce back from failures by giving it another shot.
Because resiliency builds confidence.
So does helping others,
standing up for what's right,
and learning a new skill, like playing a musical instrument.
The book's text takes its reader through things that they can
easily manage by themselves with a little confidence -
from helping with breakfast to packing your own backpack,
from experimenting in science to shaking on a stage,
from striking out at the ball diamond to snuggling in for a story -
to share real-life scenarios that s/he can relate to and use to make meaningful text-to-self connections. With a can-do attitude, our youngest superheroes can soar with confidence.
At the end of the book, not only are there prompts for reflection
but also parenting tips for raising confident children.
After reading and discussing the book, have them rate their confidence level again to see if they've changed their minds, even just a little, about where they find themselves on that 1-10 scale. Then let them complete a graphic organizer like this with examples of ways that they show that they're confident.
On their official online SAT test question of the day page,
the College Board uses the expression:
Practice makes perfect, so perfect your practice.
Follow up your read-aloud by asking students what they think this means.
Find out if they think there's any such thing as perfect.
Henry Ford once said, "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right." Explore with your students if they agree with that statement or not, and see how they might connect that quote to confidence.
Finally, have students write about a time that they were ... or weren't ... very confident. What was that experience like and how did they learn and grow from it?
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