Growth Mindset Activities & Lessons for School Counseling
Help students notice fixed-mindset thoughts, practice flexible thinking, and keep going when learning feels hard. This collection includes ready-to-use growth mindset activities, classroom lessons, small groups, individual counseling curriculum, games, and self-assessments.
Choose resources for perseverance, negative thought patterns, the power of yet, goal setting, and responding to mistakes. Resources include interactive lessons, printable and digital games, student reflection activities, counselor guides, and data tools. Each resource is different, so check the full product description for the grade range and everything included.
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Looking for low-prep counseling activities to use with the students in an individual counseling setting? Β Need to make sure all of your curriculum followsΒ research-basedΒ best practices? This individual counseling curriculum bundle is designed to be used with students in a tier...
This Growth Mindset Guidance Lesson is extremely interactive and fun! Help students acquire a growth mindset, determine the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset, and learn the power of 'yet' with these engaging activities. Students are divided...
Are you looking for aΒ fun, engaging, and developmentally appropriate way to teach growth mindset to your primary students?Β ThisΒ hands-on growth mindset counseling lessonΒ is designed specifically for little learners to help them understand perseverance, resilience, and the power of βyetβ! With interactive...
Looking for low-prep counseling activities to use with the students in an individual counseling setting? This individual counseling curriculum bundle is designed to be used with students in a tier III individual setting. Through engaging activities, crafts, and games, students...
This Growth Mindset guidance lesson offers a great way to help students learn the difference between a growth and fixed mindset. This resource includes an editable PowerPoint and Google Slides version so it can be modified to fit your students'...
This growth mindset individual counseling curriculum is designed to be used with students in a tier III one-on-one setting. Through engaging activities, crafts, and games, students will learn the strategies they need to foster a growth mindset. Each session includes...
Growth Mindset Scoot Game: This SCOOT GAME is a great way to get students up and moving! Students will learn to define growth mindset and identify examples of things people with a growth mindset say and do. Includes 30 game...
Teach students self-control, self-esteem, friendship skills, social skills, anger management, and growth mindset with 6 stories and discussion dice. By externalizing their struggles to another child, students can reflect on everyday situations from a new perspective. This helps students practice...
These interactive escape room-style school counseling guidance lessons are perfect for teaching self-control, growth mindset, tattling vs. reporting, and meet-the-counselor lessons. Elementary students divide into groups and must work as a team as they move around the room to solve...
Help students develop a growth mindset with this easy to use 5 week school counseling group. Growing Minds is a low-prep growth mindset group set to ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors. Students will learn how their brain is like a muscle,...
Teach students about the power of a growth mindset and "yet" with this growth mindset school counseling board game. This game can be used with a school counseling small group, individual, or the entire class! Save money with bundles!! School...
Growth mindset is a topic that you will come back to again and again as a school counselor. With this three-tier curriculum, you will have an engaging, ready-to-use, research-based, school counseling activity to use no matter what level of intervention...












