Planting SEEDS of School Readiness in 10 Minutes or Less
Overview
Learn skills and concepts that support young children's school readiness in 10 minutes or less!
Children need help building their self-regulation skills in order to be successful in the classroom, whether they are in preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, or beyond!
They need us, the nurturing adults in their lives, to help them learn how to manage their behaviors, their feelings, and their thinking processes.
Kids learn their school readiness skills from adults – Prepare with SEEDS (Strategies for Enhancing Early Developmental Success) for kids to learn their skills with you!
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Building Relationships With Young Children For kids, and even for us as adults, learning happens in relationships! So, before you jump right in and teach a new school-readiness skill to a child, consider how important it is to first build a nurturing relationship with that child. Article | Added on 2/14/2023 |
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So often, when a child has a meltdown, we go into teaching mode: we try to teach the child while they’re still upset how to avoid the situation next time, or practice how to avoid getting so upset in the future. But remember, you can’t teach some... Article | Added on 2/22/2023 |
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Promoting Young Children's Emotion Regulation Skills In Cool Moments One school readiness skill that we want to support children in developing is emotion regulation. We can use observation and narration to help children learn about emotions and how to manage or “regulate” their feelings in healthy ways. Article | Added on 2/22/2023 |
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Promoting Young Children’s Executive Functioning Skills In Cool Moments In our previous episode, we talked about how we can help children develop their emotion regulation skills. Using the same skills of observation and narration, we can help children develop another set of school readiness skills called executive funct... Article | Added on 2/22/2023 |
