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what is social and emotional development?
what is social and emotional development?
Social and emotional development is how children learn to understand and express their feelings, build positive relationships, and interact with others. These important skills begin developing in the early years through everyday experiences, play, and caring relationships.
Through play, children learn skills such as sharing, taking turns, solving problems, and showing empathy.
PYRAMID MODEL
PYRAMID MODEL
In Pre-Primary, we use resources and strategies from the Pyramid Model to support children's social and emotional development. Its focus on relationships, belonging, and emotional well-being complements the principles of the Nova Scotia Early Learning Curriculum Framework.
Click HERE to learn more about the Pyramid Model!
Backpack connection series
Backpack connection series
The Backpack Connection Series strengthens the connection between home and school, offering helpful information and practical strategies to support children's social and emotional development.
How to Help Your Child Understand & Label Emotions can be viewed HERE
Explore full Backpack Connection Series HERE
Pyramid Model Resources are available in several different languages!
Feeling Faces Card
Feeling Faces Card
Feeling Faces can be used in many ways to help children recognize, understand, and talk about their emotions.
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teaching problem solving skills
teaching problem solving skills
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL PLAY ACTIVITIES
Explore the activities below for simple and fun ways to support your child's social and emotional growth at home.
emotion faces with loose parts
emotion faces with loose parts
Gather natural items from outdoors or everyday objects from around your home, such as rocks, sticks, leaves, buttons, or bottle caps. Invite your child to use these "loose parts" to create different facial expressions. As you build together, talk about the emotions each face might be showing, such as happy, excited, sad, frustrated, or surprised. This hands-on activity helps children recognize emotions and build their emotional vocabulary.
mindfulness activities
mindfulness activities
These simple mindfulness activities can help children build self-regulation skills, manage big emotions, and create a sense of calm.
Breathing Exercises
Belly Buddies: Have the child lie on their back, place a small stuffed animal or toy on their belly, and watch it rise and fall as they take deep, slow breaths.
Starfish / Five-Finger Breathing: Have the child hold out one hand like a star. Using the index finger of the other hand, trace slowly up each finger while breathing in, and down the other side while breathing out.
Bubble Blowing or Pinwheels: Encourage the child to take a slow, deep breath and exhale steadily to make a big bubble or spin the pinwheel.
Grounding Exercise
Name 5 things you can see in the room
Name 4 things you can feel.
Name 3 things you can hear right now.
Name 2 things you can smell right now.
Name 1 thing you love about yourself.
LOOSE PARTS TO MAKE A SENSORY BOTTLE
LOOSE PARTS TO MAKE A SENSORY BOTTLE
What you need to make a sensory bottle:
You can use any recycled plastic bottle you have around the house. You will need the lid.
Clean and empty out the bottle. Remove the label if possible to allow everyone to see what will happen when we add our ingredients.
Add water to the bottle leaving a small space to add some oil (you can use cooking oil, baby oil.
Ask children what they would like to place inside, maybe they have some small rocks or leaves or sticks from outside, or if you have glitter or food colouring you can add. The creativity is endless.
Once all together in the bottle, glue the lid on and shake, shake, shake! What do you see? What is happening? What do you hear?
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