Sharing Web Resources

This week, I have the opportunity to surf a little more the High Scope website, and I found a very interesting podcast titled "Bullying and The Importance of Social Emotional Learning.

The Senior director of Curriculum from High Scope, Ann S. Epstein, Ph. talked about the importance of teaching children appropriate ways to express feeling, how to regulate their emotions. Epstein explained how having a healthy social emotional development is so important for children's education. She suggested few things that teachers can do to support social emotional skills in the classrooms. Some of the suggestions were: for teachers to learn about their own emotions acknowledge their own emotions before teachers can feel empathy for children's emotions. In addition, supportive classroom climate and encourage children by showing interest in what they are doing, and encouraging children to explore the world around them. I would like for teachers to talk to children to increase their self-confidence, which is very important for social emotional development. Lastly, Epstein explained the importance to involve families and the whole school in supporting healthy social emotional development.

This podcast served as a bridge to handle issues in some of the classrooms in my area, and I now know where to start in keeping a healthy social emotional in our program. This is a great opportunity to share with teachers to self-evaluate their own emotions to be able to help children in regulate their feelings.

 

References

www.highscope.org