Parent Resources
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The George B. Thomas, Learning Academy, Inc. Saturday School Program
How Your Child Learns-Links & Resources:
- This is a copy of the “What Are They Thinking! Encouraging your child to have a growth mindset” . It provides an overview of growth and fixed mindsets and adolescent brain development.
- Raising Successful Children
- The Learning Brain – A kid friendly look at how the brain works and how to improve learning.
- Mindset – This article explains the difference between demonstrating a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. This information was shared with all Staff in Glen Haven and the Leadership team had a book study about Mindset last year.
- Here is a link to a youtube video explaining growth mindset. .
- This article, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, reviews information on growth mindset and also discusses the research on praising kids.
- This video clip demonstrates the research Dr. Dweck conducted on having a growth mindset.
- Here are a few links to youtube videos explaining growth mindset:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhLJPhxuvGM (This video was shared with all teachers in 2010)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=ICILzbB1Obg
- http://wondermind.tate.org.uk/ - Wondermind is about a few things. It’s about the brilliant, amazing and truly mind-boggling stuff that’s going on inside your brain as you grow. It’s about the art of Alice in Wonderland, the exhibition at Tate Liverpool. And it’s about putting together both of those things: mixing art with science. Being good at one doesn’t mean you can’t be good at the other (in fact, it’s often the opposite).
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