Back to School — Growth Mindset Coloring Pages

About this resource

The first weeks of school set the tone for the whole year. These back to school coloring pages give students a calm first encounter with growth mindset ideas while routines are still taking shape. The 20 affirmations focus on fresh starts, effort and being ready to learn, in the Self-Awareness competency for Grades 2–8.

What students practice

• Treating every day as a new start
• Feeling nervous and starting anyway
• Learning from others
• Seeing that their mindset makes a difference

What’s inside these back to school coloring pages

• 20 vertical coloring pages, each in a mandala-style frame
• 20 horizontal coloring pages with the same 20 affirmations
• 20 reflection sheets, one per affirmation
• Each sheet has a short explanation and two questions, with space to write or draw
• A list of all 20 affirmations plus classroom ideas
• A double-sided printing tip; 67 pages in all

A look inside

• Affirmations: “Every day is a new start.” “It’s okay to feel nervous.”
• More affirmations: “I’m open to learning from others.” “My mindset makes a difference.”

Grade fit

Think of the set as back to school affirmation coloring pages with SEL reflection built in; the slow, detailed coloring makes them mindfulness coloring pages too. It is an easy way to start SEL on day one. Use a page as morning work while you handle attendance, hang finished pages in the hallway or send a get-to-know-you page home. Keep the reflection sheets and hand them back in June. The set fits Grades 2–8. A sample reflection question: “What’s something you want to get better at this year?”

Pairs well with

Close the year the same way with End of School Year — Growth Mindset Coloring Pages, or add Trying New Things — Growth Mindset Coloring Pages for stepping out of the comfort zone.