Resilience and Bouncing Back
Understand resilience as the ability to recover from setbacks, adapt to difficult circumstances, and keep going — recognising that resilience is a skill that develops through experience, not a trait you either have or don't
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After a real disappointment — like not getting a part in the school play or failing a test they studied for — can your child feel upset but then pick themselves up and figure out what to do next?
Understand resilience as the ability to recover from setbacks, adapt to difficult circumstances, and keep going — recognising that resilience is a skill that develops through experience, not a trait you either have or don't
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- Define resilience in their own words and explain why it matters
- Describe a time they bounced back from a setback and what helped them recover
- Explain that resilience grows through experience and that struggling doesn't mean you're weak
“After a real disappointment — like not getting a part in the school play or failing a test they studied for — can your child feel upset but then pick themselves up and figure out what to do next?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Self-Regulation & Resilience
- Age range
- Ages 9–11
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