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How I feel about me
 This form is for children to complete
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      Print this form to use it. 
     How do you feel about yourself as a writer, computer user, or bike rider?   
     Colour the picture that best describes how you feel.

 

This is me

as a Writer

 

 

using the computer

 

 

 

 

riding my bike or skate board

 

 

singing or playing an instrument

 

 

 

 

building or fixing things

 

 

 

 

climbing

 

 

 

 

playing Nintendo or computer games

 

 

 

 

my spelling

 

 

 

 

talking

 

 

 

 

playing sport

 

 

 

 

looking after my pets

 

 

 

 

helping my parents

 

 

 

 

reading

 

 

 

 

drawing

 

 

 

 

doing Maths

 

 

 

 

as a friend

 

 

 

 

 

Look over the results.  You need to interpret the survey.   Would you say that, overall, your child is more on the happy, confident side; or more on the sad, unhappy, cautious side?  Or, are his/her feelings quite variable, depending upon the situation? Most children vary according to what they are familiar with.  There are usually a few surprises when you do this first.  Have you discovered something about your child that you didn't know before?  I hope so!

Most people do vary according to their experience.  If they have had some success and their experience in that area has been positive, they feel good about their abilities in that particular thing.  The more things you are feeling positive about the higher your self esteem is likely to be.

To impact on your child's self esteem you need to help them experience success and give them feedback about themselves which reflects the effort they expend rather than measure the degrees of success or failure they experience.  You really want them to give themselves a 'pat on the back' for their success rather than rely on your approval for their success (or implied disapproval if the praise isn't forthcoming.)