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“I love including lessons about the brain and growth mindset in my instruction. And students love fortune tellers…definitely a win-win product!”
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“Such a great way to teach growth mindset and have an engaging activity for the students! Used this with 4th and 5th graders!”
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“Simple but makes for a fun, engaging activity. Was a great way to open up discussions surrounding growth mindset and kids loved designing their own fortune tellers.”
Misha C.
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Want a fun way to teach kids about grit, resilience, and growth mindset? These paper fortune tellers (a.k.a. cootie catchers) are the perfect hands-on activity! Students fold, write, and play while practicing positive self-talk and problem-solving skills. Instead of giving up, they learn to get creative, keep trying, and grow through challenges.
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✔ 4 DIY, customizable & colorable fortune teller templates
✔ 4 ready-to-go fortune tellers (color + black & white)
✔ Top 50 kid-friendly growth mindset strategies list for students to reference
✔ Assembly instructions + directions for play
✔ Full lesson plan for classroom guidance or counseling sessions
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Kids with a growth mindset see mistakes as opportunities to learn, not reasons to quit. This perspective helps them:
Develop positive self-talk
Strengthen self-efficacy and resilience
Build a strong internal locus of control
Keep moving forward when challenges appear
Instead of stopping at failure, kids learn to shift gears, find new strategies, and keep growing.
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As a classroom SEL or guidance lesson on grit and resilience
In small groups or lunch bunches for skill-building fun
As a solution-focused tool during individual counseling
For family activities at home to practice growth mindset together
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👉 This resource blends play, creativity, and meaningful SEL skill-building, making it one of the easiest and most engaging ways to help kids build grit and resilience through growth mindset.
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Looking for other SEL themes, be sure to check out our Social Emotional Learning Fortune Teller Bundle! You can also find other growth mindset activities, like our card game and quiz show lesson by clicking here.
| Product Categories | Crafts and Art Projects, Fortune Tellers, Resilience + Growth Mindset, Individual + Group Counseling, Lessons |
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✔ Assembly Instructions and Directions on How to Play.
✔ Lesson Plan
✔ 25 Ways to Build a Growth Mindset POSTER!
✔The “Planting the Seed” and “The Great Outdoors” ready-made
fortune tellers are perfect to use in solution-focused counseling sessions or student-teacher-parent conferences for goal-oriented conversations.
