Imagineerz@School Teaching Tip: Perfecting Parent Emails

To truly embed growth mindset strategies in your students, it’s crucial these approaches are supported at home. Encouraging parents to reinforce these principles can significantly amplify their impact. Here are our recommendations to improve parent emails.

Facilitate Car Ride and Dinner Time Conversations

One of the most effective ways to reinforce growth mindset outside of the classroom is through casual yet meaningful conversations. We need to capitalize on the family moments that happen during car rides and dinner times. To aid in sparking these discussions:

Take Pictures During Building Time

Visuals can be incredibly powerful in drawing attention and sparking curiosity. Capture moments when students are deeply engaged in problem-solving or when they’re showcasing their creativity during building activities. These images can serve as perfect conversation starters, prompting students to share their experiences and learnings with their families.

Highlight i-Can! Moments

Be on the lookout for those special instances where students exhibit a growth mindset, whether they’re persevering through a challenge, embracing mistakes as learning opportunities, or celebrating their progress and effort rather than just the outcome. Sharing these moments with parents provides them with concrete examples of growth mindset in action and encourages them to recognize and discuss these traits at home.

Provide Specific Anecdotes

When communicating with parents, include specific anecdotes from the classroom that illustrate students demonstrating a growth mindset. This could be a student who tried a different strategy after an initial failure or someone who offered encouragement to a peer facing difficulty. These stories not only highlight the application of growth mindset principles but also personalize your communication, making it more engaging for parents.

In Conclusion

By integrating these strategies into your communication, you can create a cohesive support system. This will not only reinforce the importance of a growth mindset but also encourage its practice beyond the classroom. This collaborative effort between educators and parents is key to nurturing resilient, lifelong learners.

If you found this content helpful, you might enjoy this Imagineerz blog post and check out 12 Tips For Teachers Communicating With Parents Via Email!