After supper, Beatrice got Finally, she filled a ready for the talent show. balloon with water. First, she woke Humbert from his nap. Next, she got the salt shaker from the kitchen table. The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes will help teach your students to use a growth mindset and positive self-talk. It is a great book to use to incorporate social emotional learning into your classroom. However, it is also a great mentor text for reading and writing. Take a look and see how you can use this book in your own classroom! She remembered to feed her hamster, Humbert, his favorite food, broccoli. And when she made a sandwich for her brother Carl’s lunch, she used exactly the same amount of peanut butter as jelly.

No matter how often students hear mistakes are okay, it is hard for them to believe it. This is because so many students either feel the need to be perfectionists or endure a lot of pressure to be great. Therefore, they need time to understand that mistakes are part of learning. Hopefully, they will realize that making mistakes is okay with The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes!

Every student, teacher, and perfectionist needs to read this book about learning and growing from your mistakes! The perfect introduction to growth mindset, The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes is:

The crowd sat stunned. They couldn’t believe that the Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes made a mistake! Since teachers have so much to prepare, there is a teacher guide to outline the entire unit. Specifically, this contains all of the lesson plans needed. Additionally, it includes an introduction to help prepare students and sets the purpose for the story. Likewise, it has essential vocabulary words! Lost Aesop: There seems to be An Aesop in there somewhere, but it's hard to find. It could be that Mistakes Are Not the End of the World, but if Beatrice truly had never made mistakes in her life, then wouldn't suddenly making a mistake be reason to be concerned? (for an analogy, imagine if Alice spoke perfectly her whole life but then suddenly got a Speech Impediment for no apparent reason, only for Bob to tell her, "It's OK, Alice- lots of people have speech impediments!"). The Aesop could also be not to pressure kids not to make mistakes but, again, if Beatrice had truly never made a mistake in her life, people would have reason to be impressed.

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But in the end, readers (and perfectionists) will realize that life is more fun when you enjoy everything--even the mistakes. List making is a great strategy to get reluctant writers engaged. Have students generate lists relating to the text. There are things that I should have found objectionable: the eggs and the hamster’s part in the act are examples. Between the book and Read Aloud Activities, students will see how growth and happiness are better than being perfect. The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes How does it feel to make a mistake? Is it different when we make mistakes in front of friends? Family? A group of strangers?

While it would be amazing to be perfect at everything, this is not reality. Mistakes are a part of learning and growing as individuals. Even though no one purposely wants to make mistakes, they allow everyone to reflect and improve. Thankfully, students will realize that making mistakes is okay with The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes! In the future I’ll definitely incorporate these into my SEL lessons. I also think that it fits perfectly into the growth mindset revolution! Some questions that could potentially go with this lesson could be: Visualizing is an important skill when it comes to reading comprehension. Have students practice their visualization skills throughout the story. There are about a hundred ways the story of a perfect child could go wrong. Fortunately, Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein don't fall into any of the traps. Instead, they offer a delightful picture book about a girl who has perfected perfectionism. Flawless." - Argus-Leader At school, Beatrice was on a cooking team with her two best friends, Millie and Sarah. To make their giant rhubarb muffins, they needed four eggs. Beatrice went to the refrigerator and carefully chose the biggest, eggiest eggs she could find.Let’s think about Beatrice and her brother Carl. What were their differences? What were their similarities? (Potential brainstorming about their character qualities) This girl is simply known as the Girl who never makes mistakes. She juggles for people to watch. She is also famous for never making mistakes. One day, she makes a mistake on stage in her show for everyone to see. It’s a little mistake that causes a big embarrassing outcome. The girl doesn’t know what to do. Then, she begins to laugh. It is wonderful, that laughter. I have found that is how I handle my mistakes now too. I laugh at myself. It is the best way I have found to deal with my feelings, much better than ripping myself to shreds over a mistake. After the mistake, she gets to be much happier.