Preschool-aged children are building independence, emotional regulation, empathy, and relationship skills. Our teachers support these skills by clearly explaining expectations and enforcing rules consistently, modeling positive behavior and communication, validating feelings, and using interactive play.<\/p>\n
Regulates responses to needs, feelings and events<\/strong> Recognizes self as an individual with unique characteristics, feelings, interests, and abilities<\/strong> Demonstrates manners<\/strong> Develops positive relationships with primary <\/strong>caregivers, teachers, and other familiar adults<\/strong> Develops positive relationships with their peers<\/strong> Demonstrates problem-solving skills in social interactions<\/strong> Understands and follows routines and rules<\/strong> Adapts to change<\/strong> Preschool Social-Emotional Skills Preschool-aged children are building independence, emotional regulation, empathy, and relationship skills. Our teachers support these skills by clearly explaining expectations and enforcing rules consistently, modeling positive behavior…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5660","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/preschool.trinityslayton.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/preschool.trinityslayton.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/preschool.trinityslayton.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/preschool.trinityslayton.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/preschool.trinityslayton.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5660"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/preschool.trinityslayton.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5708,"href":"http:\/\/preschool.trinityslayton.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5660\/revisions\/5708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/preschool.trinityslayton.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Expresses needs, opinions and feelings in a way that is appropriate to the situation
\n\u2022 Names emotions (happy, excited, sad, etc…) and associates them with different
\nwords and behaviors
\n\u2022 Demonstrates ability to modify behavior in different situations<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Describes self using several different characteristics
\n\u2022 Identifies self as being part of a family and identifies family members
\n\u2022 Demonstrates knowledge of own uniqueness (talent, interests, preferences, gender, etc…)
\n\u2022 Exhibits self-confidence by trying new tasks without prompting or reinforcement
\n\u2022 Identifies range of feelings and understands that feelings can change
\n\u2022 Identifies likes and dislikes, needs and wants, strengths and challenges<\/p>\nSocial Awareness & Relationships with Others<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n\u2022 Table Manners: Chews with mouth closed and stays seated while eating<\/span>
\n\u2022 Hygiene: Covers mouth\/nose when coughing or sneezing<\/span>
\n\u2022 Shares materials and toys with other children
\n\u2022 Respects Property: Asks permission before taking toys or items<\/span>
\n\u2022 Listens: Pays attention when others are speaking<\/span>
\n\u2022 Cleans Up: Helps to tidy up toys or personal items
\n\u2022 Gentle Behavior: Uses “gentle hands” (not pushing, grabbing, or poking) and “gentle words”
\n\u2022 Magic Words: Uses “please,” “thank you,” and “you’re welcome”
\n\u2022 Respectful Communication: Says “excuse me” to get attention, when interrupting, or to apologize
\n\u2022 Apologizes when appropriate
\n\u2022 Greetings: Says “hello” and “goodbye” or waving<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Interacts with familiar adults
\n\u2022 Seeks guidance from primary caregivers, teachers and other familiar adults
\n\u2022 Transitions into unfamiliar setting with the assistance of familiar adults<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Approaches children already engaged in play
\n\u2022 Interacts with other children in play, conversation, etc…
\n\u2022 Shares materials and toys with other children
\n\u2022 Sustains interactions by cooperating, helping, and suggesting new ideas for play
\n\u2022 Develops friendship with one or more peers
\n\u2022 Offers support to another child or shows concern when a peer appears distressed<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Seeks input from others about a problem
\n\u2022 Uses multiple strategies to resolve conflicts (trade, take turns, problem-solves)
\n\u2022 Uses and accepts compromise<\/p>\nDecision-Making Skills<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n\u2022 Displays an understanding of the purpose of rules
\n\u2022 Engages easily in routine activities (story time, snack time, circle time)
\n\u2022 Uses materials purposefully, safely and respectfully as set by group rules
\n\u2022 Understands that breaking rules has a consequence
\n\u2022 Applies rules in new, but similar situations
\n\u2022 Demonstrates the ability to create new rules for different situations<\/p>\nAdaptability<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n\u2022 Easily separates themselves from parent or caregiver
\n\u2022 Transitions, with minimal support, between routine activities and new\/unexpected occurrences
\n\u2022 Can adjust behavior for different settings and\/or events
\n\u2022 Uses multiple adaptive strategies to cope with change (seeking social support from an adult or peer,
\ntaking deep breaths, engaging in another activity)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"