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When I am/Cuando estoy by Gladys Rosa-Mendoz
These easy-to-use guides were created especially for teachers/caregivers and parents to provide hands-on ways to embed social emotional skill building activities into everyday routines. Each book nook is comprised of ideas and activities designed around popular children’s books.
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Emotional Piggy Bank
Think of all the ways you make connections with children as we make deposits into their “emotional piggy bank.” Playing, giving time and attention, and showing warmth and affection are just a few ways we can make deposits. Fill in the coins on the worksheet with ideas of how you will build responsive relationships with…
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Building Positive Relationships with Young Children
This handout describes the importance of building relationships with young children and contains practical strategies for for building positive relationships with children in the early childhood education setting.
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“You Got It!” Teaching Social and Emotional Skills
In this article we look at the secondary level of the teaching pyramid, which emphasizes planned instruction on specific social and emotional skills for children at risk for developing more challenging behavior, such as severe aggression, property destruction, noncompliance, or withdrawal. Children who may be considered at risk for challenging behavior are persistently noncompliant, have…
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Stop and Go Activity
This handout contains materials for completing a stop and go activity to teach classroom rules and expectations.
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Implementing Stay-Play-Talk in Early Childhood Classrooms
This resource helps adults teach peer buddies the steps in Stay-Play-Talk, a peer-mediated intervention for increasing social interactions.
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Hot Buttons Activity
This handout helps practitioners examine how challenging behavior impacts adult-child relationships.
