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title: "Vocabulary for resilience and self-management"
description: "Know and use the vocabulary of resilience and self-management — including regulate, resilience, growth mindset, fixed mindset, self-talk, trigger, setback, persevere, and distress — and understand wha"
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# Vocabulary for resilience and self-management

Know and use the vocabulary of resilience and self-management — including regulate, resilience, growth mindset, fixed mindset, self-talk, trigger, setback, persevere, and distress — and understand what each word means in practice

Subject: Personal & Social Development · Area: Self-Regulation & Resilience · Ages 7 to 10
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/vocabulary-for-resilience-and-self-management-mt_i1kk9HDctI

## Ready when they can

- Explain what 'resilience' means in their own words and give an example of a time they kept going when something was hard
- Use 'growth mindset' correctly — e.g. 'I can't do it yet, but I can improve with practice'
- Define 'self-regulation' and describe a strategy they use to manage frustration or setbacks

## Lesson: Words for bouncing back

Some words help you talk about hard moments so you understand what is happening inside you. Resilience means bouncing back after something tough, like getting up again after you trip. It does not mean nothing bad ever happens. It means you keep going anyway.

**Example.** Mia's block tower crashed down. That was a trigger, something that sets off a big feeling, and her face got hot with frustration. She used self-talk, the words she said inside her own head: 'It's okay, I can build it again.' Calming herself down like that is called self-regulation, managing your feelings and actions on purpose.

*(drawing: Watch Mia bounce back: the tower falls, the feeling comes, calm words help, and up it goes again.)*

A growth mindset is thinking, 'I can't do this yet, but I can get better with practice.' A fixed mindset is thinking, 'I'm just bad at this and that will never change.' The word yet is the trick: it turns 'I can't' into 'I can't yet.'

**Tip.** When you hit a setback, a problem that slows you down, like losing a game or messing up a test, try to persevere: keep trying even though it's hard. If a setback brings real distress, strong worry or upset, name the feeling out loud and ask someone for help.

**Recap.** Resilience, growth mindset, and self-regulation are the words for bouncing back: name the feeling, say 'not yet,' and keep going.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Words for Big Feelings](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/words-for-big-feelings-mt_SeNxOZTHCN)

## Opens up

- [Positive Self-Talk](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/positive-self-talk-mt_35-DhMh_Yr)
- [Personal Goal-Setting](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/personal-goal-setting-mt_cJjnPjuvCU)
- [Choosing the Right Coping Strategy](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/choosing-the-right-coping-strategy-mt_j8Pv3s7TZR)
- [Breaking Tasks into Steps](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/breaking-tasks-into-steps-mt_miGrca8zaS)
- [Growth Mindset](https://lightmysky.com/learn/personal-and-social-development/growth-mindset-mt_pAuo9Op89t)