Many children think success means the highest mark or the biggest trophy. This workbook teaches a healthier idea: success is working hard at something and seeing it pay off, and pride is the quiet, solid feeling that comes with it. It also helps children celebrate without bragging, and be happy for others.

WHAT YOUR CHILD WILL DO

• Read “The Final Score”, an illustrated story about a girl who has never been good at maths, stays after school to practise and finally sees her effort pay off

• Answer questions about the story and connect it to their own life

• Write their own definition of success and pride before seeing the answer, then compare the two

• Notice how pride feels in the body: a warm, solid chest, sitting taller, feeling calm and satisfied, a quiet smile

• Learn that success and pride give real evidence that effort works: “I can do hard things”

• Sort helpful habits from unhelpful ones. Allowing yourself to feel proud, thanking the people who helped, writing down what worked and using the feeling as evidence help. Bragging, thinking you’re better than others and hiding your effort don’t

• Work through a “What would YOU do?” scenario about a group project where you did most of the work but the whole group was praised

• Reflect on four of their own experiences: a time hard work paid off, a time they felt proud of their effort and not their grade, a time they felt genuinely happy for someone else, and a time they failed first and succeeded later

• Learn 10 key words, including achievement, persevere, improve, deserve, believe and earned, plus “My Word” for their own word for the feeling

• Check their work against the answer key and write down what they understand better

WHAT’S INSIDE (10 PAGES)

• Cover

• Illustrated story page with “Words to Know”, “Think About It” and “Remember” boxes

• Key vocabulary page (10 words plus “My Word”)

• “My Definition” write-in page

• “What Is Success and Pride?” explanation page

• “What Helps and What Does Not” page, with a “What would YOU do?” scenario

• Two “Your Success and Pride Experiences” reflection pages (four experiences)

• Answer key page

• Back cover: “A Letter to My Future Self” with a reflection

• Write-in pages with tick boxes for naming feelings

• Clear, child-friendly language, in English only

• Part of the My Emotions series of 17 workbooks plus an introduction

GOOD FOR

• Parents who want to praise effort and build resilience, not just reward results

• Teachers, counsellors and tutors running emotional literacy, growth-mindset or wellbeing sessions

• Home learning, classroom discussion or one-to-one conversations

HOW TO USE IT

Print it or write in it digitally. Children work best with an adult nearby to talk through their answers. There are no wrong answers, and the aim is understanding, not a score.

PLEASE NOTE

• This is an educational workbook. It is not therapy or a clinical tool.