This week, we have been talking about how attitude affects how you handle situations, especially when solving problems. We introduced the words: optimistic and pessimis
For example: If someone takes the seat that we want at lunch
Pessimistic Thinking: “That person is so mean, it’s not fair, I was going to sit there.”
OPTIMISTIC THINKING: “I can find another friend to sit by, I can try to sit there tomorrow.”
We agreed that we need to start practicing optimistic attitudes so that we can handle problems more successfully on our own. We are going to practice taking a few deep breaths when a problem arises and thinking of the problem from a different point of view. When these situations arise at home, remind your first grader to use optimistic thinking…ask them, “how can we think about this situation optimistically?”