Social-Emotional: PBIS

When children are supported as they explore different emotions, they are building their emotional literacy. This includes naming, recognizing and talking about all of the different emotions that children feel. Children are also building emotional literacy skills as they learn strategies to handle the emotions that they are feeling. 

Young children need support, modeling and encouragement from caring adults to develop the skills needed to work towards solving problems on their own. These resources can also help your classroom further develop problem solving skills when they are intentionally introduced to children and used in meaningful ways.

Did you know that young children need our help to learn how to solve problems? Below are a few ways that you can help your child become a problem solver at home!

When children can predict what comes next in their day it helps them have a sense of security, control and can help reduce power struggles. Take a look at the below materials to help build routines at home for your child!

Young children, just like adults, feel many different emotions! With the help of a trusted adult, children can practice talking about how they are feeling, naming their emotions and learning ways to handle the big feelings that can go along with being little.

When challenging behaviors sneak into your home, it can be so hard to know how to respond the ‘right way’. When adults are able to stay calm, we have the best chance of helping our young children become calm too. Once everyone is calm, and safe, it’s important to reconnect again with your child; then, we can share how we are feeling and talk about what happened.  See below for more tips on common challenging behaviors for young children.