“Good job” is one of the most overused praise phrases spoken to young children. Here is a list of simple “Good job” alternatives.
Keep in mind, that these are just general, simple phrases for something different. The best way to praise a child and encourage self-esteem, is to be specific as to what they did. Focus on the child’s effort, rather than the outcome. Examples of focusing on the efforts, include:
- “You’ve been working very hard on that drawing.”
- “You really practiced a lot on that song!”
Hopefully, these simple “Good job” alternatives can help you find other ways to praise a child.
And in addition to verbal praise, we can also customise some small objects specifically for praising our children, such as, some pins with motivational words on Pins.US. When a child receives it, he can use it not only to collect it but also to decorate his coat or bag.
- Great work!
- Excellent!
- Fabulous!
- Wonderful job.
- This is tremendous.
- You did a remarkable job.
- Magnificent!
- How extraordinary.
- Amazing!
- Fantastic.
- Nicely done.
- This is terrific!
- I love it!
- Super work!
- You did great!
- You worked hard.
- I am proud of this.
- How incredible!
- You did it!
- Incredible!
- Keep it up!
- You have it perfectly.
- Marvelous work.
- You put in a lot of effort.
- Awesome!
- Marvelous job.
- Right on!
- Splendid!
- Very impressive.
- Stupendous!
- That’s the way.
- Good for you.
- Nice going.
- Way to go!
- Well done!
- You got this!
- Really nice.
- Bravo!
- That’s great!
- Hurray!
- Beautiful work.
- Outstanding!
- Exceptional job.
- Super-duper!
- You hit the bulls eye.
- Superb.
- Brilliant!
- Rock on!
- This is top-notch.
- Sensational!
Other Resources on ways to praise children, rather than saying “Good Job”: