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Growth mindset read alouds/mentor texts https://www.weareteachers.com/perfect-read-alouds-for-teaching-growth-mindset/

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Celebrate all the steps of making and you will naturally encounter failure points that students can identify as places of learning. Did it work? If not why not? Do these check in’s both privately, everyday, and publically in a small peer critique setting to establish a culture of seeing, and discussing when stuff does not go as planned, or “Fails.” A parent made this video about failure for MakeEd.org to promote their PD. I hope it helps, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjJS4nhm53A 

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One of the ways is to model this for them. It may seem difficult at first – since educators are supposed to be the “experts” – but it can a very powerful lesson in an of itself. The more students see, by example, that mistakes and failure aren’t just something that they experience, the less they’ll be attached to the idea of perfection.

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Iteration and versions are a natural part of any authentic and real project, whether a physical project or a digital project. Make sure that the assignments or projects are not stripped of this authenticity. Focus on the process, but understand that process gets you closer to a working project.

Motivation to follow through on an idea should be intrinsic rather than come from “the teacher”. Yes, this can be difficult in educational environments where students have been taught to please the teacher and give the teacher the answer the teacher wants.

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There are numerous examples out there about some of the most important discoverings being found/invented on accident. From plastic, to play-doh, there are some really fascinating stories that might encourage your kiddos to just keep trying and embrace “failure.”