# Lesson 233: Celebrating success

❤️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (40 Lessons) • 🟠 E. Growing Together

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## Objective

I can talk about success and how to celebrate it kindly. I can notice my own success, feel happy for others, and use gentle celebration routines.

## Materials

- Plain paper or a notebook page
- Crayons or colored pencils
- Optional: small paper strips or sticky notes for "success slips"

## Mini-lesson — What is success?

Success is when something goes well, or when we notice that we have grown, helped, or tried hard.

Different kinds of success

- Trying something new, even if it feels a bit scary.
- Practising a skill and getting a little better.
- Helping a friend or being very kind.
- Working well together in a team.

Success is not only about winning or being the best. It can be about effort, courage, and kindness too.

Celebrating success

- We can celebrate with kind words like "Well done" or "You worked hard".
- We can use simple actions like a high five, a clap, or a happy dance.
- We can share our success with someone we trust.

Kind celebration vs. bragging

- Kind celebration: "I am proud I kept trying."
- Bragging: "I am better than you. You are not good."
- Kind celebration makes everyone feel welcome. Bragging can make others feel small.

Being happy for others

- We can feel glad when a friend does well.
- We can say, "I am happy for you" or "You did it".
- Everyone has different strengths and different days of success.

Simple success routines

- End-of-day success share: each person names one small success.
- Success jar: write successes on small slips and put them in a jar.
- Success circle: sit together and clap once for each success.

Adults can say: "Let us notice our successes today. We can celebrate with kind words and gentle cheers."

Picture strip: "Success jar"

## Guided Practice — Our success jar

You and an adult will make a simple success jar to notice and celebrate small wins together.

1. Find a jar, box, or small container. If you do not have one, draw a big jar on a notebook page.
2. Cut or tear small paper strips for "success slips".
3. Together, think of 3 small successes from the last week (for example, "I tried a new food", "I helped clean up", "I practised reading").
4. For each success, the adult helps the child write or draw one idea on a slip and put it into the jar (or draw it inside the drawn jar).
5. Choose a simple celebration routine, such as clapping three times, a quiet cheer, or a gentle high five after each slip is added.
6. Practise saying a sentence together like: "We are celebrating our success with kind words and simple cheers."
7. Decide when you might open the jar in the future (for example, once a week) to read the slips and celebrate again.

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## Practice — My success celebration map

Use this practice to help your child plan kind celebrations for their own success and other people's success.

1. On a new page, draw a small child stick figure in the middle. Write or trace your child's name under the picture.
2. Around the figure, draw three bubbles and label them: "My success", "Friend's success", and "Family success".
3. In the My success bubble, help your child draw or write one recent success (for example, "I finished my reading", "I learned a new trick").
4. In the Friend's success bubble, draw or write a success that belongs to a friend (for example, "My friend scored a goal").
5. In the Family success bubble, draw or write a success that belongs to someone at home (for example, "We cleaned the room together").
6. For each bubble, add one small picture or word for how to celebrate (for example, a star and "Well done", a high five, a smile, or a heart).
7. Read the map together and practise saying sentences like: "I can celebrate my success kindly." and "I can celebrate other people's success too."

## Quick Check — Celebrating success

Answer each question about success, effort, and kind celebration.

1) What is success?

Only winning first place in a race. When nothing is ever hard for you. When something goes well or you grow, help, or try hard.
Success can be about effort, kindness, and progress, not only winning.

2) Which is an example of a small success?

Trying a new food even if you feel unsure. Saying you will never try anything. Knocking over someone else's work.
Trying something new is a kind of success.

3) What can you celebrate, not just winning?

Only perfect scores. Effort, practice, progress, and kindness. Times when you do not listen.
We can celebrate effort and growth in many areas.

4) Which sentence is a kind way to celebrate your success?

"I am proud that I worked hard and kept trying." "I am the best and no one else is good." "I should hide my success and never speak."
Kind celebration notices your own effort without hurting others.

5) Your friend finishes a hard puzzle. What could you say?

"That is nothing. I could do it faster." "You should not be happy about that." "Well done. You worked hard on that puzzle."
We can celebrate other people's success with kind words.

6) Which action shows kind celebration?

Laughing at someone who does well. Giving a high five or clap when someone tries their best. Saying "I do not care" when a friend improves.
Simple actions like clapping or a high five are kind ways to celebrate.

7) What is a success jar for?

Writing down small successes to remember and celebrate later. Hiding all the things you are proud of. Storing broken toys only.
A success jar helps you notice and remember small wins.

8) You tried your best in a game, but you did not win. What could you do?

Shout that the game is not fair and walk away. Say you are terrible and should never play. Notice your effort, say "Good game", and maybe celebrate one thing you did well.
You can still celebrate effort and good moments even if you do not win.

9) Who can you share your success with?

No one. You must keep it secret. A trusted adult, friend, or family member who can celebrate with you. Only people you want to make feel bad.
Sharing with trusted people helps success feel even more special.

10) What is one big goal of this lesson?

To help you celebrate success in kind, simple ways that notice effort and progress. To make you brag and make others feel small. To stop you from feeling happy about success.
The goal is to enjoy success in healthy, gentle ways for you and others.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can say in simple words what success means. Student can give at least one example of a small success from their life. Student can describe at least one kind way to celebrate success. Student can name one way to feel happy for another person's success. Student knows that they can share success with a trusted adult or friend.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can celebrate success in kind, simple ways. 🙂 I know some ideas for celebrating success, but I still need practice. 😅 Celebrating success kindly still feels tricky for me.

#### Next time I will practise…

Using kind words when I feel proud Celebrating a friend's success Adding one small win to a success jar
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