Learning From Mistakes is Not FAILURE!
A comment from a friend on her weebly (http://tofailisnotanoption.weebly.com/my-thoughts-on-the-first-activity.html) "Experiencing failure is seldom positive and as a teacher I do not believe allowing a child to believe they have failed is an option." started my cogs turning (even this early in the morning
Failing is ok (don't shoot me yet...). Deb is so right about not letting the child 'believe' they have failed. They must be taught and guided to strive for success but they must know that with success we can have failure.
Learning comes from making mistakes and changing something to succeed next time.
How often have you learnt by getting it right the first time?
Let them know and believe that learning and achieving is a journey...with many pitfalls on the way, and few deviations to the path, and sometimes we even end up at a completely different destination. But so long as they pick up souvenirs on the way (read: knowledge) they are succeeding!!
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