Teach Kids to Try Something New

"But I don't want to!"

How many times have you given a child a gift or tried to interest her in an activity or game, only to hear these words? Kids often like the idea of something new a lot more than the reality.

Why are new things hard?

• It looked better on someone else's shelf

• The commercial sounded great

• I'm not good at it

• I fell/lost/looked dumb...

How can we teach stick-to-it character?

Join me and Kristine Sorensen and learn five ways to get kids to try something new or stick to something after a try or two. Kids can learn perseverance along with that board game or pogo stick or music lesson - and that lesson will help them more than any one activity or skill.