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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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Use information from a low-stakes fictional mistake to choose a next attempt or ask for help.

Use information from a low-stakes fictional mistake to choose a next attempt or ask for help.

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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'?”

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Type
Conceptual
Subject
Personal & Social Development
Domain
Self-Regulation & Resilience
Age range
Ages 5–7

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