Personal & Social Development·Self-Regulation & Resilience·conceptual
Learning from Mistakes
Understand that making mistakes is a normal part of learning and that everyone — including adults — makes mistakes, and begin to see mistakes as opportunities to learn rather than reasons to give up
Suggested ages 5–7
Learning journey
Your child is learning important life skills for managing emotions and challenges — using calming strategies when upset, practising patience, adapting to changes, and understanding that mistakes are a normal part of learning.
Evidence of understanding
- Describe a time they made a mistake and what they learned from it
- Respond to a mistake by trying again rather than giving up
- Explain why mistakes help people learn
Assessment prompt
If Learning from Mistakes gets an answer wrong in class or messes up during a game, do they bounce back and keep trying rather than shutting down or saying 'I can't do it'?
Standards alignment
PSPE-ID-CU-P1-2International · ib-pyp-pspe
PSPE-ID-CU-P1-2
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
PSPE-ID-LO-P1-9International · ib-pyp-pspe
PSPE-ID-LO-P1-9
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence