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Enriching the lives of children by working with the adults who affect their lives - parents, caregivers, and educators. |
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Are you spending your time dealing with children’s behaviors or investing in teaching children how to have a friend and being a friend? One of the main tasks for preschool-age children is to learn how to develop friendships and connections with people outside of the home. As early care providers, it is as much our responsibility to facilitate children’s social development, as it is to teach them colors and numbers. The following are activity suggestions to help children notice friendliness. These activities are from the book Beyond Behavior Management: The Six Life Skills Children Need to Thrive in Today’s World by Jenna Bilmes.
Helping Hands TreeHelp children move from focusing only on themselves to focusing on the interactions of others in the classroom. When children are guided to focus on others’ friendly behaviors, they begin to build up a repertoire of friendly behaviors that they can draw upon in their own interactions.
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