For parents & teachers
The Grown-Up Grit Guide
Kim is an elementary teacher first — these are the same kinds of materials she uses in her own classroom to talk about grit, mistakes, kindness, and big feelings. Everything here is free to download and print.
Every download is a one-page PDF set up for US Letter paper, with a half-inch margin so a home printer can't clip the edges. Black and white — no color ink needed.
For kids
Coloring pages and activities to print at home.
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Any little goat can grow up with grit!
Gritty mid-hop at the bottom of the tree house ladder — the moment before the hard part. Good for a kid who is working up to something.
Coloring page PDF · US Letter · 1 page
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Be kind and patient with yourself
Gabby in her bow, with a butterfly and room to breathe. One to color slowly on a day when things went wrong.
Coloring page PDF · US Letter · 1 page
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I have grit! I don't quit!
Gritty in the meadow, under the words Grandpa Goat gave him. The motto is drawn big and open, so it colors in like a poster.
Coloring page PDF · US Letter · 1 page
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Why "grit"?
Through Gritty and his friends, kids practice naming what grit looks like: trying something hard, keeping going, trying a new idea, asking for help, trying again, and believing in yourself. The books give you a shared character — "What would Gritty do?" — that makes those conversations easy to start at the dinner table or on the rug.
Every activity on this site happens right on your child's device — the site collects no names, no accounts, and no personal information.
Bring Gritty home
The books behind the guide
Every printable and conversation starter here grows out of one of Kim's four books. Tap a cover to get your copy on Amazon — or look inside the books first.
