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Emotions + Preschoolers

Social-Emotional Skills for Preschoolers: Part 5
Regulating Emotions

We’ve made it to the last of this five-part series on social-emotional skills for preschoolers! Today I’m going to focus on the up-and-down emotional world of preschoolers. During this time in their development, preschoolers are learning how to express what they are feeling and what to do [...]

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Problem Solving & Conflict Resolution

Social-Emotional Skills for Preschoolers: Part 4
Problem Solving & Conflict Resolution

Problem Solving Practice
Provide a variety of open-ended toys that encourage creative thinking and experimentation.
Talk out loud while you solve problems to model effective problem-solving strategies.
Ask questions more often than you give answers. Get in the habit of saying, “What do you think we could do [...]

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Curiosity, Invention, & Imagination

Social-Emotional Skills for Preschoolers: Part 1
Curiosity, Invention, & Imagination

We’re going to kick things off with three wonderful traits – curiosity, invention, and imagination. Lucky for us, preschoolers usually have an abundance of these three things, so we’ve already got a head start! Since we don’t really have to “teach” these skills, we can [...]

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