Courage Tool

This month we are working on Courage. As an extension to our Growth Mindset discussions, we are reminded that "we can do hard things!" Because of the plethora of snow days last month, not every class is discussing courage - some are still catching up on Mindset and Respect. But Mills' K, 2nd & 3rd have been exploring the strategies we use to push ourselves when things seem hard or scary. Mrs. Mills', Mrs. Pastorfield's and Mrs. Schork's classes read Jabari Jumps and we talked about the strategies Jabari used to learn a new skill that seemed daunting. And third grade read If I Never Forever Endeavor and we talked about what we miss out on if we aren't willing to try.

We added a flashlight to our tool box to remind ourselves that things seem scary when we don't know what to expect, but if we at least try it is like shining a light. It gets easier because now we know what things look and feel like.