Great article! I've been trying very hard the past few months to stop praising so much and trying other things. It's hard!! My go to has been, "You did it by yourself!" which I don't know is much better but it's certainly encouraged them to keep trying.

ETA: the other thing I've been doing is to comment on what they've done. Like if they want praise for a great block tower I say,"Wow, that tower is sooo tall!" instead of good job or nice tower.

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