For teachers

A wrong answer is a clue, not a verdict.

Get the free Bounce-Back School Kit, the classroom companion to Murphy's Law for Kids: School Edition. Nine powers and a lesson you can run in 15 minutes. Everything prints on a black and white copier.

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✓ 15-minute lesson ✓ Ages 7-10 ✓ Copier friendly

Murphy's Law for Kids: School Edition book cover

If this sounds like your class

This kit is for you.

✗ Hands stop going up after one wrong answer.
✗ A bad morning at the gate becomes a bad day in class.
✗ Group work falls apart the moment the plan does.
✗ Kids freeze rather than go first.
✗ You want SEL time that kids enjoy and you can run with no prep.

What's in the School Kit

24 printable pages. Shields print as outlines, because coloring them in is the reward.

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A 15-minute lesson plan

Open with a mishap story, name the power, turn and talk, then try it for real. One lesson written out in full, plus the frame for the other eight.

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A 30-day challenge calendar

One small bounce-back task a day. The count only goes up and never resets, so a missed day is never a failure.

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Badge of the Day cards

One power on the board each morning, so the class has a shared word for the moment something goes wrong.

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A Power Catch log

Count the times the class catches a power in use. It counts even when it did not work. No rankings.

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A classroom wall poster

All nine powers on one sheet, ready to point at.

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A certificate for everyone

No score on it, and every child gets one.

The nine powers

The same nine from the first book, now at school. One per chapter, each told by the kid it happened to.

1. What's Next?

For the moment you freeze.

2. The Magic Pause

For when everyone is watching.

3. Oops-and-Adjust

For a wrong answer at the board.

4. The Tiny Brave Step

For going first.

5. Plan B Power

For a plan that falls apart.

6. The Power of Yet

For the thing you cannot do yet.

7. The Reset Button

For a morning that keeps going wrong.

8. Fixing It

For putting things right with a friend.

9. What Did It Teach Me?

For a test that comes back covered in red.

Every power rests on well-established growth-mindset and social-emotional learning ideas. You can read the full source list here.

Inside the School Edition

Noah, Ella and Biscuit are back, now with the whole class. Every chapter is a school day that goes wrong in a way your students will know straight away, told by the kid it happened to.

The Murphy's Law for Kids: School Edition crew lined up, with Biscuit the dog

A girl smiling at the whiteboard after working through a fraction problem — Oops-and-Adjust, at the board

A boy swinging across the monkey bars while a grumpy bird watches — The Power of Yet, on the monkey bars

Two friends on a bench working through a page together — What Did It Teach Me?, on the bench