Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Learn About Resilience for Children.pdf

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Introduction
This edition is part of Edufrienz's exclusive content to support
your children's positive learning and development. Our Learn About
series will highlight essential topics for the child to learn and adopt
daily. The benefits of associating with learning from the examples
aid in supporting their nurturing of good traits and behaviors.
This Resilience worksheet is designed to help children focus on
emotional intelligence, problem-solving skills and coping strategies
that will enable them to bounce back from challenges and setbacks.
No. of Pages: 12
Recommended for Ages: 5 years old and above
Activity Outcome:
Help children build resilience that will serve them well throughout
their lives and gain insight into their resilience and how they can
continue to grow and adapt.

What is Resilience?
Why resilience is important for children?
Resilience means being able to bounce back fast from tough times.
It is like having an inner strength that keeps you positive when things
get hard.
Self-Awareness:
Resilient children can do more things for themselves and come up
with solutions.
- Promoting independence
Developing resilience helps children feel better about themselves
and feel more confident about what they can do.
- Building Confidence

Self-Management:
Resilient children are better able to manage stress.
- Coping with stress
Resilience includes the development of problem-solving skills.
- Developing problem-solving skills
Resilient children are better able to understand and manage their
feelings.
- Promoting emotional well-being
Resilience helps children deal with difficult things without a heavy
feeling.
- Dealing with challenges

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Social Awareness:
Resilience helps children adapt to new things, such as starting a
new school, making new friends or dealing with changes in their
family.
Adapting to change
Relationship Skills:
Resilience encourages the development of supportive relationships.
Building strong relationships

Responsible Decision-Making
Resilience teaches children to keep going when things are hard.
- Promoting perseverance
Help them face whatever comes their way with confidence and
adaptability.
- Preparing for the future

Practice mindfulness and
relaxation techniques.
Develop problem-solving
skills. Let them learn from
their mistakes.
Be open to new
challenges.
Allow children to experience
sadness and frustration to
help them manage their
feelings.
Give puzzles,
brain teasers and
challenges.
Remind children
that it is OK to feel
different emotions.
Celebrate hard work and
progress, not just
successes.
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Encourage creative and
physical activities.

What happens when children do not develop
resilience?
Difficulty overcoming challenges
Children can be easily discouraged and give up when faced with
problems.
Increased stress and anxiety
They may struggle to manage their emotions, leading to stress and
even physical health problems.
Increased risk of mental health problems
Studies have shown that a lack of resilience can increase the risk of
developing mental health problems such as depression and anxiety in
later life.

Low self-esteem
They may develop a negative self-image and believe that they cannot
succeed.
Negative coping mechanisms
A tendency to act out, throw tantrums, avoid social situations.
Relationship difficulties
Children may find it difficult to maintain relationships with others.
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Activity 1:
Read each scenario and choose the best way to respond.
Circle your answer.
1. You have a big project due at school, but you do not know where to
start. What should you do?
a. Ask a friend to do it for you.
b. Break the project into smaller tasks and make a plan.
c. Give up and watch TV instead.
2. Your best friend is moving away, and you feel sad and lonely.
What can you do?
a. Keep your feelings to yourself and pretend everything is okay.
b. Talk to someone you trust about how you are feeling.
c. Ignore your friend and make new friends right away.
3. You did not make the soccer team this year, even though you
practiced a lot. How should you react?
a. Tell yourself you are a terrible player and quit soccer forever.
b. Ask the coach for feedback and practice more for next year.
c. Complain to your friends about how unfair everything is.
4. Your family is moving to a new city, and you are nervous about
starting at a new school. What is a good way to handle this?
a. Refuse to move and stay with a friend instead.
b. Think of it as an adventure and look for the positives in the
new school.
c. Cry and refuse to talk to anyone about it.

5. You keep failing your math tests, and you are starting to feel
frustrated. What is the best thing to do?
a. Decide you are just not good at math and give up trying.
b. Ask your teacher for extra help and keep practicing until you
improve.
c. Blame the teacher for making the tests too hard.

Activity 2:
Think of a time when you faced a tough situation. How did you handle
it? Write or draw about what you did to be resilient.

Activity 3:
Create a collage that represents resilience.
You can cut out images, words, and phrases that inspire you to stay
strong and positive during tough times.

Activity 4:
Play challenging games
Play games such as stacking cups, wobble blocks (UNO, Jenga) and
other balance games. When you fall, it gives you a great visual for
learning resilience. You can also play problem solving games such as
Rush Hour or DogPile to teach resilience.
After each game, answer the following questions
• "What happened during the game?"
• "How do you feel?"
• "What did your brain tell you while you were playing?
• "What would you do differently next time?"
• "How does this relate to resilience?"

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