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Goal

To educate kindergarten children about the ways that their brain learns and grows. Young children naturally have a growth mindset before entering kindergarten. A growth mindset is a way of thinking that allows the children to dream and believe that anything is possible and they can achieve anything they set their mind to. Kindergarten expectations have changed significantly over the years, often expecting children to accomplish and process information that is not developmentally appropriate. When a child is confronted with challenging tasks, their growth mindset begins to weaken and they feel like they become limited in who they are and what they can do. Our goal is to teach the children how their brain has the ability to grow knowledge and persevere through difficulty in order to be successful in a given task. 

 

What will be done with my students

To help children understand how their brain works and keep their growth mindset, we will be using a series of picture books and challenge buckets that specifically focuses on these key ideas. The picture books chosen will teach the children the following themes that promote a growth mindset: how our brain works, perseverance, problem solving, creativity, positive thinking and collaborating with others. Kindergarten students will also have weekly opportunities to work together to accomplish challenges found in the activity buckets. Students will learn to share ideas, create a plan and work together to solve the problem in each activity bucket. All challenge buckets are hands-on and require total participation of all students. 

 

Benefits to my students

These books and challenge buckets will be used year after year in each of the nine kindergarten classrooms at Laurel Oak Elementary. Nurturing a growth mindset in our kindergarten classrooms will give our children the tools and skills necessary to accomplish any challenge. They will become problem solvers, encouragers, and champions for themselves and others.  

 

Budget Narrative

The funds from this grant will allow me to purchase 15 growth mindset picture books and 7 activity buckets. 

 

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