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[quote=Anonymous]I have a similar 1st grader.  Lots of good strategies have already been suggested.  Here are a few more we've used.

-do things where the kids are better than adults - I admit I have perfectionist tendencies myself so we had to get creative- in our case it was stuff like bubble blowing, clay building or stuff like that, I still routinely have trouble with my socks and my kids suggest I ask for help

-make sure you highlight when you mess up- oops, I spilled my water, oh well I can just clean it up/ make a plan to fix it

-praise the process instead of the outcome- there are lots of process oriented art projects online (my child's issues with this exacerbated fine motor delays since he compared his work to older sibling or examples)

-there is a good book called "beautiful oops" that is about turning mistakes into something new and good

Generally though for  us it took time and a lot of praise every time he used his calm down tools (deep breathing, taking a break, asking for help)

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