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Home » Parenting » Social & Emotional Intelligence » 101 Ways to Teach Kids Courage

101 Ways to Teach Kids Courage

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Being a parent is loaded with layers and layers of trying to do what is best for our kids. Every child is different. What ways can we teach kids courage?  What is the definition of courage? Courage is defined within a wide range. I read an article about courage recently. The article inspired this post. Enjoy!

Teaching Kids about Courage Pinterest

Ways to Teach Kids Courage

  1. Read a book about courage and those people who embody it
  2. Talk about what scares you and make a list of those fears
  3. Learn another culture’s traditions and celebrate with that culture
  4. Make a list of daring feats you want to do or have done whether physically, mentally, or morally
  5. Climb that tree you’ve been eyeing for months
  6. Write a poem about your fears
  7. Learn to swim
  8. Explore without a map
  9. Learn to ride a bike
  10. Pet a snake
  11. Wear a snake around your neck
  12. Be different
  13. Embrace your passion even if no one else is
  14. Watch Brave even though the bears are scary
  15. Sit with your anger instead of using your body to show anger
  16. Do something hard
  17. Solve a problem for yourself
  18. Help someone else solve a problem
  19. Take a deep breath and find your words when you’re angry
  20. Smile at a stranger
  21. Keep at an activity even though it is challenging to you
  22. Be truthful
  23. Practice
  24. Embrace and learn from failure
  25. Smile when you’re grumpy
  26. Take a physical risk
  27. Step out of your comfort zone socially
  28. Write a poem or a story
  29. Know when to walk away from a person or situation
  30. Ask a zookeeper a question to which you’ve always wanted to know the answer
  31. Go to sleep on your own
  32. If you wake up first in the morning, begin your day on your own by making breakfast
  33. Let your younger brother play with your favorite train
  34. Teach a classmate something new
  35. Send a thank you note to someone who has helped you
  36. Draw a picture
  37. Paint a picture
  38. Keep a journal
  39. Share your journal
  40. Learn to knit to to sew
  41. Climb your/a mountain
  42. Visit a new place (e.g. a park, a town, a country…)
  43. Meet a war veteran. Learn his or her story.
  44. Volunteer
  45. Try something new together with your family
  46. Play and explore outdoors every day for 30 days straight
  47. Ask questions, lots of them
  48. Encourage question asking
  49. Play with the shy, quiet kid at school, or the one that has trouble making friends
  50. Sit with someone new at lunch
  51. Invite a new friend to your home
  52. Take the elevator to the tallest building in your area
  53. Fine a purpose or passion like helping save whales or studying ways to help endangered birds
  54. Invent yoga poses, or simply do the ones you know
  55. Ask them to define courage
  56. Remain still and quiet for three minutes
  57. Practice silence
  58. Learn about an animal that showed great courage
  59. Learn real life stories about historical figures such as Rosa Parks, Amelia Earhart, and Abigail Adams
  60. Tell real stories of people battling an illness today
  61. Look at examples of courage through images
  62. Act out what it mean to be courageous
  63. Make a list of ways to show courage
  64. Make a collage of all the people, places and things that represent courage
  65. Create a piece of art work while listening to the I Have a Dream speech
  66. Simply listen to Taps and ask the child how the tune made him feel
  67. Send the child off to do research on someone who acted in a courageous way
  68. Encourage the child to try something new
  69. Encourage the child to introduce himself and make a new friend
  70. Visit an elderly care home to hear stories of generations passed
  71. Watch video clips of athletes doing daring feats
  72. Watch a video clip of child making a speech
  73. Use figurines to discuss people of varying abilities – is this person courageous?
  74. Try a new hiking trail
  75. Eat a food you’ve never had before
  76. Use a blindfold and take turns leading one another around the yard or your home
  77. Hold a door for someone
  78. Choose happiness over self defeat or pity
  79. Try a new sport
  80. Bob your head under water
  81. Swim under water
  82. Practice gratitude
  83. Ask someone: “How are you today?” and genuinely listen to their answer
  84. Apologize (and mean it) in real time
  85. Apologize after the fact 0f the matter
  86. Try out for a play
  87. Choose not to complain
  88. Invite over a friend you haven’t seen for a while
  89. Write a letter to a teacher or person that has meant a lot to you
  90. Tell someone what they mean to you
  91. Learn a new language
  92. See the “glass as half full”
  93. Acknowledge your feelings and emotions
  94. Accept your feelings and emotions
  95. Be true to your beliefs and passions
  96. Dine alone
  97. Learn an instrument
  98. Watch a movie or read a book alone
  99. Help an animal in need
  100. Choose to be kind
  101. Compliment a chef (even if that is a mom or dad)

Related Read: 100 Phrases to Use to Show Appreciation for Your Child

Teaching Courage Collage

I hope we inspired you today!

Marnie

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About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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