Vocabulary: resilience and self
Know and use the vocabulary of resilience and self-management — including regulate, resilience, growth mindset, fixed mindset, self-talk, trigger, setback, persevere, and distress — and understand what each word means in practice
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“Resilience and self-management include noticing a trigger and distress, using a strategy to regulate, choosing helpful self-talk, and deciding how to persevere after a setback. A growth mindset treats ability as developable; a fixed mindset treats it as unchangeable.”
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- Step 1. Define each target term with a practical example.
- Step 2. Read a realistic setback scenario and identify the trigger and signs of distress.
- Step 3. Choose one way to regulate and replace fixed-mindset self-talk with growth-mindset self-talk.
- Step 4. Decide how to persevere, seek support, or change strategy.
- Quick check. Give a new scenario. Success means your child accurately uses trigger, regulate, self-talk, growth or fixed mindset, and persevere.
Worked example. After a difficult problem triggers distress, pause to regulate, replace “I can never do this” fixed-mindset self-talk with “I cannot do it yet, but I can try a new step,” and persevere with a different strategy.
Optional challenge. Explain why persevering does not mean repeating an ineffective method and when changing strategy or asking for help shows resilience.
What to notice. Save a photo of the resilience path, or a short note quoting your child’s self-talk and chosen regulation strategy.
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Resilience and self-management include noticing a trigger and distress, using a strategy to regulate, choosing helpful self-talk, and deciding how to persevere after a setback. A growth mindset treats ability as developable; a fixed mindset treats it as unchangeable.
Spend 10–15 minutes making a resilience vocabulary path with trigger, distress, regulate, self-talk, setback, growth mindset, fixed mindset, and persevere.
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Check understanding
- Explain what 'resilience' means in their own words and give an example of a time they kept going when something was hard
- Use 'growth mindset' correctly — e.g. 'I can't do it yet, but I can improve with practice'
- Define 'self-regulation' and describe a strategy they use to manage frustration or setbacks
“If your child's team loses a match or they fail a test, can they talk about what happened using words like 'resilience' or 'growth mindset' — showing they understand the difference between giving up and bouncing back?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Language
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Self-Regulation & Resilience
- Age range
- Ages 7–10