Learning from Mistakes
Understand that making mistakes is a normal part of learning and that everyone — including adults — makes mistakes, and begin to see mistakes as opportunities to learn rather than reasons to give up
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If your child gets an answer wrong in class or messes up during a game, do they bounce back and keep trying rather than shutting down or saying 'I can't do it'?
Understand that making mistakes is a normal part of learning and that everyone — including adults — makes mistakes, and begin to see mistakes as opportunities to learn rather than reasons to give up
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- Describe a time they made a mistake and what they learned from it
- Respond to a mistake by trying again rather than giving up
- Explain why mistakes help people learn
“If your child gets an answer wrong in class or messes up during a game, do they bounce back and keep trying rather than shutting down or saying 'I can't do it'?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Self-Regulation & Resilience
- Age range
- Ages 5–7
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