Growing Strong: Daily Affirmation Cards for Children

A child friendly resource designed to support children to recognise their strengths, build confidence and develop positive self belief through simple, meaningful affirmations.

Growing Strong includes 12 printable affirmation cards, each pairing an “I Am…” statement with a jungle animal to make the ideas engaging and accessible for children. On the reverse, a “Today I Can…” prompt encourages children to explore what that strength might look like in their everyday life.

Rather than simply telling a child that they are brave, kind or capable, the cards create opportunities to explore where they already recognise those qualities in themselves, when they might need them and how they could put them into practice.

The resource includes:

• 12 double sided printable affirmation cards
• Child friendly “I Am…” affirmations
• “Today I Can…” reflection prompts
• Jungle animal illustrations
• Guidance for using the cards

Using the resource

Designed primarily for children aged approximately 5 to 11 years, the cards can be explored together, used individually, returned to over time or chosen when a child needs support to reconnect with their strengths.

They may be useful at home and across education, family support, social care, therapeutic and other settings where adults are working alongside children.

Professional guidance

Growing Strong is designed to support conversation, reflection and strengths based work rather than to tell a child how they should think or feel about themselves. Adults should remain curious about the child’s own view and avoid placing pressure on them to agree with an affirmation that does not feel true for them.

Sometimes confidence grows from helping children notice the strengths that are already there.