These are my personal favorites that help children and parents develop a growth mindset. It is really important to understand how the brain works and coping strategies to deal with life’s difficulties. When children learn how to cope, and how their brain works they are given the strategies to overcome any difficulty life throws at them. That is what it means to have a growth mindset!
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For Kids
This book teaches how the brain works in a hands on way. There are a ton of puzzles and games that challenge the reader’s mind while also demonstrating concepts. There is also a ton of information about how the brain works to help children build on and use their most important organ.
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain is one of my all time favorite growth mindset books for kids. It teaches children about their brain parts and about how they can help their brain stretch and grow. The images are bright and the wording is simple enough that it would be appropriate for kids as young as seven years old.
This book is a great introduction to the brain for preschoolers and up! It is a fun story that teaches children where their brain is and what it does. It introduces scientific names of some of the brain parts and what they do.
The Hungry Henry books are my favorite book series that teaches little children about big feelings. Each book contains coping strategies and and little narrative of Hungry Henry as he goes through his day coping with his big feelings. There are actions that the kids do throughout the book to help Hungry Henry out! The only think missing is a little Hungry Henry plushie to go along with these books! (I have mentioned this to the author so fingers crossed that our Hungry Henry plushie is in the works)
The hungry henry book also contains a book on:
This is a really cute book that helps children develop mindfulness. Each letter of the alphabet gives children a different coping technique. It is fun, cute, and effective!
For Adults
This is the mindset book. Carol S. Dweck is the one who coined the term “growth mindset.” Before I read this book I thought I had a good grasp on what growth mindset was, but I learned a lot about what it wasn’t from the section on growth mindset myths. This book is scientifically backed by research, yet it is a really smooth and compelling read.
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