brain power for kids: 6 powerful parenting tips

Brain Power for Kids: 6 Powerful Parenting Tips

Smart Attitudes, Questions, and

Slogans for Intelligent Brains

Parenting tips include:

• 6 Smart attitudes to promote• 6 Smart questions to ask• 6 Slogans to motivate kids

1. To promote solving problems as fun, ask your

child:

What steps did your take to solve the

problem?

2. To promote learning as a fun challenge ask your

child:

What challenges

did you overcome to

get the correct answer?

3. To help children see mistakes as positive, ask:

How did your mistakes help

your brain think more

clearly?

4. To help your child develop persistence, ask:

What stopped you from

giving up?

5. To help your child value focusing, ask:

How did you overcome

distractions?

6. To help your child embrace effort and hard

work, ask:

How do you feel about

yourself for working hard

and completing your work?

The best slogans come from your children. Rhyming can

help.

Ask, what rhyme will you create to keep

yourself motivated?

6 Sample Slogans

1. “For my brain to expand,

challenges are grand.”

2. “My mistakes

are good clues for new answers to choose.”

3.“I’m a kid with grit,

‘cuz’ I never quit.”

4.“When my brain’s in a spin, I just

focus again.

5.“I’m the guy who likes to

try.”

6.“I’m the gal who makes

thinking my pal.”

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