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Its all about mindset!!
Automatic thoughts are EVIL
-negative voice in your head
-irrational
- thinking worst case situations
-not true
.....You have control over it!
How do thoughts in my head affect my ability to do things?
I can't do it...
I can't do it...
I can't do it...
... you won't be able to do it
-you've already convinced your mind you can't, so you wont try
I can do it...
I can do it...
I can do it...
... maybe not right now but with practice, time and positive thoughts...
soon you'll be closer to achieving your goal!
Change your automatic/negative thoughts by changing your mindset!
Growth Mindset
This can be as easy as changing the way you word things in your head

Mistakes are key to Growth Mindset
-help you grow
-help you improve
-apart of the learning process
-accept them!

Activity 1
Match the automatic/negative thoughts with the growth mindset thoughts.
1) colour -negative=blue -growth=yellow
2) cut
3) Match
4)Glue
Negative Thought
Growth Thought
Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset


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With a partner change these negative thoughts into positive thoughts
Instead of... I can think...
... I suck at hockey ...
... I will never get an E on my science test ...
... Lindsay hates me, she only plays with Jill-anne at recess...



Activity 2
Questions:
1) What can you say instead of _____________?
What can you say instead of _____________?
3) What is Growth Mindset?
4) Word Search

What I could say instead...
What I could say instead...
What I could say instead...
What I could say instead...
What is Growth Mindset?
Negative Thought
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