Giving and Receiving Feedback

Learning to give and receive feedback builds resilience, growth mindset, and the collaborative skills needed for academic and social success.

• Framework: Montessori
• Unit: Practical Life
• Learning area: Grace & Courtesy
• Level: Ages 4-6

Objectives

• Learn constructive feedback skills
• Practice receiving feedback gracefully
• Build growth mindset

Materials

• Student work samples
• Feedback sentence starters

Instructions

1. Giving feedback: 'I like how you .' (start positive) 2. 'Have you thought about ?' (suggest improvement) 3. 'You could try .' (offer alternative) 4. Receiving: Listen without defending. 5. Say 'Thank you for telling me.' 6. Decide what to try. 7. Practice with work sharing.

Educator tip

Teach the 'sandwich' method: positive-suggestion-positive. Model receiving feedback about your own work first to normalize it.

Assessment

Child gives constructive feedback kindly and receives it without defensiveness.

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