Another message to remind yourself, model to your students, and if possible, share with everyone around you is the power of adding “YET” in our daily tasks. It is reassuring us that timing is everything. Some tasks or goals may be taking us longer to achieve, accomplish or acquire, but with perseverance and patience, it will happen. While in the process of learning new skills or tackling a challenging assignment, I constantly remind my students to focus on every step to get to their goal. We discover different ways to solve a problem, they are allowed to make mistakes, and document every trial to learn from it. We sing songs of encouragement, we take frequent breaks to refocus and breathe. We have inspirational posters decorated in our room to remind them how talented and capable each of them is. I always try to integrate social stories or videos to capture their understanding of what it’s like to persevere, to be resilient and to be hopeful. Parents and other caregivers are also given resources to use at home so both settings (home and school) can be consistent with supporting our goal of developing a growth mindset in our children. Our  favorite is our Morning Welcome and Dismissal Sendoff affirmation routines (e.g. “You are great! You are talented! You were excellent today! You did exceptional today! “). To end the routines, together we recite our class motto, “In Kindergarten, we are KIND, HELPFUL and

WE NEVER GIVE UP!”