Found a book I LOVE this week! When working with GT kids, you work with a lot of perfectionists. And trying to convince them that everything they do will not always work out perfectly can be a trick. In my class, I applaud the mistakes and talk to the kids about brain research on making mistakes (and fixing them!) We even have a really silly song I made up when someone makes a mistake and fixes their thinking for all of us to see. So this book was a great way to start the year and reinforce that theme. The little girl and her assistant (her dog) make many attempts to create the "most magnificent thing" - and it doesn't work! And she gets mad and she yells and she breaks things and she does all the things that kids do (and let's face it adults too!) But she doesn't give up and in the end... well read the book and find out how it ends!
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