Children who are engaged in activities with materials, a classmate or an adult are less likely to be engaged in challenging behaviors…so classroom schedules and routines should be designed with child engagement in mind. If your schedule is predictable and the children have been taught the daily routines, your classroom will run more smoothly and… Continue reading Strategies for Routines and Classroom Schedules
Topic: Social-Emotional
Promoting Positive Interactions Between Children
Find out more about positive interactions between children, why they are important and much more in this report.
Strategies for Structuring the Environment to Promote Positive Social Interactions
Learn some quick and easy strategies for planning and creating an environment that encourages positive social interactions in your classroom.
Routines and Classroom Schedules
Find out more about routines and classroom schedules and why they are important in this report.
Strategies for Uncovering the Purpose of Behavior
Children speak to us through their behaviors and challenging behaviors communicate a need. In other words… children use challenging behavior because they have learned it works for them! By determining the purpose of a behavior, teachers can devise strategies to help the child learn more appropriate ways to meet the same need.
When Children Are Placed in Foster Care
When children are removed from their families due to abuse and/or neglect, there are five emotions that most children who are in foster care typically experience: confusion, anger, ambivalence/mixed feelings, fantasizing/wishful thinking and identification with their birth family. In this guide, you’ll find suggestions suggestions for helping a child navigate these emotions.
Understanding Maturational and Situational Losses
There are two types of losses that occur in everyone’s life. “Maturational losses” predictably occur during the life cycle. “Situational losses” are caused by unexpected or unusual circumstances. Children will likely experience both types during the preschool years, and will need adult support and recognition of these losses.
Acknowledging Positive Behaviors
What does it mean to acknowledge positive behaviors? Learn why it’s important, strategies and much more in this report.
Understanding What Grief and Loss Looks Like to a Preschooler
Learn what grief and loss looks like to a preschool-age child, and what you can do to help.
Building Positive Teacher-Child Relationships
What are positive teacher-child relationships and why are they important? Find the answers to these questions and more in this report.