the foundation for supporting children’s learning & development section 7 – social skills...
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The Foundation for Supporting Children’s Learning & Development
Section 7 – Social Skills
Teaching Research Assistance to Childcare Providers
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Social and Emotional Skills
• Form relationships (Friendship skills)
• Recognize and manage emotions (Self-regulation skills)
• Identify emotions (Empathy Skills)
• Handle difficult situations (Problem solving skills)
Children need these skills to:
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Stages to TeachingSocial-emotional Skills
Sta
ge 1 Show
&
tell
Sta
ge 2 Practice
makes
perfect
Sta
ge 3 You
got
it!
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Teaching Friendship Skills
• Helping each other• Taking turns• Sharing• Organizing play
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Friendship Skills:
•Use role play to show puppets helping each other.
•Plan activities that involve children helping each other to complete tasks
Helping each other
•Teach board games or set up games with balls
•Plan activities where children have to take turns to complete a task
Taking turns
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Friendship Skills:Taking Turns
•Use role play to show how children offer to share their toys.
•Set up activities where children work together and share materials.
•“Catch” children sharing and praise them.
Sharing
•Demonstrate ways to initiate play using “Lets…” statements. Such as “Lets play trucks.”
•Role play “right” and “wrong” ways to organize play
Play
Organizers
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Practical Strategies Video
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Teaching Empathy Skills
Identifying Feelings
Feeling empathy
Responding
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Teaching Empathy Concepts & Skills
Physical cues
Different feelings about the same thing
Feelings change
Making predictions
Preferences
Intentional vs. unintentional
Fairness rules
Using “I” Messages
Expressing care &
concern
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Teaching Empathy Brainstorming Activity
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Teaching Empathy General Strategies
• Adults……– Label children's emotions
– Validate children’s feelings
– Praise children for labeling emotions
– Model/talk about their own emotions
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Teaching Empathy General Strategies (Cont.)
– Model feelings using puppets
– Draw attention to how others are feeling
– Role play situations
– Reinforce empathic behavior
– Tell stories related to feelings at circle time
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ALSO………..
Use visuals related to feelings in the classroom
Happy Sad Mad
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Teaching Self Regulation Skills
Emotions are not the problem!
What you do with emotions can be.
Self-regulation = emotions & cognitive thinking
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Teaching Self Regulation SkillsIndirect Strategies Direct Strategies
Modeling
Hints and clues
Withdraw support
Recognize emotions
Relaxation process
Self-regulation Strategy
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Self-Regulation Strategies“Tucker Turtle” technique
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Other Self-Regulation Strategies
Stop, breathe, and think.
Stop, count, and work out the problem
How do I feel? Take three deep breaths.Count to five slowly. Say, “Calm down.” Talk to a grown up about it.
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Teaching Problem Solving Skills1. Identify & define problem
3. Decide where to start
4. Create problem-solving tools
5. Test & analyze solutions.
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Problem Solving Skills
BrainstormingStrategies
Flexible thinking
Avoid judgment
Reflect on ideas
Break into smaller pieces
Open-ended
questions
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Problem Solving Activity