💛 SELGrade 2Lesson 2
← Back🔒 PDF with full access

Identify Personal Strengths

Lesson preview: the Mini Lesson and Vocabulary are open to everyone. Guided practice, exercises, the parent checklist and the printable PDF worksheet come with full access (free 7-day trial or membership).

What you will learn

  • 1Identify your personal strengths
  • 2Recognize areas that are still growing
📘

Mini Lesson

Everyone is good at something — and that "something" is called a strength. Knowing your strengths helps you feel confident and know how you can help others!

What is a strength?

  • A strength is something you do well or a positive quality you have.
  • Example: being kind, listening carefully, staying calm, finishing tasks.
  • Strengths can be skills, habits, or parts of your personality.

What does "still growing" mean?

  • Some things are not yet easy — these are your growing areas.
  • Example: having patience, staying focused, speaking up.
  • Growing areas are NOT weaknesses — they are things you are working on!

Why does it matter?

  • Knowing your strengths helps you use them to help others.
  • Knowing your growing areas helps you make a plan to improve.

Words to know

Strength

Something you are good at or a positive part of who you are

e.g. Listening carefully is a strength of mine.

Growing area

Something you are still working to get better at

e.g. Patience is a growing area for me.

Skill

Something you can do well because you have practiced

e.g. Reading aloud is a skill I built this year.

Habit

Something you do often, like a routine action

e.g. Saying thank you is a kind habit.

Personality

The way you usually think, feel, and act

e.g. Being curious is part of my personality.

My Strength star and Still Growing seedlingTwo panels: a golden star labeled My Strength on the left, and a small green seedling labeled Still Growing on the right.Strengths vs. GrowingMy StrengthBeing kindListening wellStaying calmFinishing tasksStill GrowingBeing patientStaying focusedSpeaking upstill learning!
Strengths (star) vs. areas still growing (seedling).
Three children with different strengthsThree children each shown with their own unique strength: art, math, and kindness.Everyone has different strengths!Art2+2MathKindnessAll strengths are valuable!
Three children, each with a unique strength.
💡

Ask yourself: "What is one thing I am really good at? What is one thing I am still learning to do better?"

Free · 7 days · No credit card

Unlock the full HSEA system for 7 days.

Add your first kid profile and your 7 days start: every lesson in every grade, saved progress for each child. Nothing to set up, no card required, nothing to cancel.

  • ✓ All 1,880 lessons, Grades 1–6, every subject
  • ✓ Profiles + saved progress for every kid
  • ✓ Printable lessons with answer key
Start your 7-day free trial →
Already convinced? See full membership plans →
← Lesson 1: Recognize Emotions and TriggersLesson 3: Set Achievable Goals →