Grit activities

Learn how to cultivate Grit and Growth Mindset in children to help them build resilience. This all in one guide also give you 7 grit and growth mindset activities as well was 14 ways you can use to implement these two concepts at home or in the classroom. Click on the pin to learn more about grit and growth mindset.

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What is grit? Grit can be hard enough to define for adults; for kids, it's even harder. So try our free definition for grit that puts this great social emotional skill in simple terms that elementary aged students can understand. Teach children about working toward their goals even when it's hard with our definition of grit and our other free resources in your next SEL lesson for elementary school.

"I can’t do it." "This is too hard." "I’m just not good at math." We are sure you’ve probably heard your students (and other adults) say these things. Perhaps you can even recall saying something similar to yourself at one point in time.

Today I bring together my posts and other people’s ideas about how to teach perseverance to kids. These are activities and lessons available in my character building series. I am sure all of us recognize that character is something we want to work to develop in our kids. However, we have to ask ourselves, “How...Read More

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

Looking for the best children's books about grit and resilience? These fun grit books for elementary students are engaging for primary and upper elementary kids. Fiction and nonfiction books with lesson plans and activities linked. Books on grit for kids about persistence for your kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth or fifth grade students. Your students will delight in these classic and brand new books!

In her research, Duckworth, who was awarded a MacArthur “genius grant,” found that the main characteristic that predicted academic success among the students she surveyed was grit, which she defines as passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.