Growth mindset games middle school

As more and more research comes out about the power of Growth Mindset and more and more people are leaning towards this line of thinking (heck, even my District is getting on board...they talked about it at a training I went to over the summer!), I figured that this would be as good a time as any to teach my students about their own brains and mindset. So I began my first week of school with a few lessons that really set a great tone for my students. To begin, I wanted something tangible and…

Capture your students' interests and get their gears turning with these totally awesome escape room activities for kids of all ages! As feet begin to drag and motivation starts to lack at the end of the school year, these activities can really help with engagement. Here you’ll find tons of options to provide a thrilling escape activity no matter what age your kiddies are!

Make your own printable growth mindset bingo cards. Customize, download and print randomized bingo cards.

Teaching your students about having a Growth Mindset? Check out this great lesson! Musings from the Middle School: #BestFirstWeekEver

This zentangle growth mindset project is one of my favorite activities for the beginning of the school year!

Growth Mindset MEGA bundle- Includes two (2) bulletin boards, growth mindset portfolio, growth journal, and bell ringers for teens

Growth mindset, for good reason, has become one of the biggest buzz words and theories in education today. The concept comes from Dr. Carol Dweck's studies of

Looking to introduce Growth Mindset to your students? Check out these easy and FREE activities to introduce growth mindset in the classroom!

I love to start the year with Peter H. Reynold's books like The Dot and Ish. Both books are great for teaching kids that it is okay to take risks and make mistakes. Those books also go very well with

Encouraging students to make art can sometimes happen easily and other times, it's a challenge. You bring out, act out, or show your "hook" and BAM! They're engaged and are wanting to do their best. Depending on the age or the student's own personal experience with creating art, this is sometimes a challenge and you might even get a complete refusal. As a teacher, it is our job to encourage a student to create. After many years of experience teaching, and having taught art to students from…