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Encouraging Children's Positive Relationships, Fostering Prosocial…
Encouraging Children's Positive Relationships
Foster Attachments and Build Relationships
validating children s accomplishments and progress.
talking and listening to children respectfully
being sensitive to children's feelings
3 practices fuel the types of relationships that foster attachments and show children you care about, appreciate, and value them unconditionally.
also, low child to educator ratios, small groups, responsive routines, and engaging learning environment all encourage the formation of your relationships with each child .
Create a Learning Community
Educators can help promote this kind of learning community by planning project children can complete in groups.
like decorating the setting and writing thank you notes .
Prepare a time to appreciate each other
choice time (children can choose to play or work alone or with others.
small group activities ( are planned and led by an educator
meal time ( are opportunities to begin to develop friendships)
Group meeting (it should be engaging and brief)
Help Children Form Friendships
Early childhood educators can support friendship in the following ways:
Fostering Prosocial Behavior
How to support friendships
coach children when they are working together on a task.
model the joys of friendship.
Plan joint projects and events.
When social skills make it hard to make friends, provide targeted assistance.
[Create opportunities for children to play in work together.]
model what to say.
discuss the subject of friendship during group time
Read and discuss books that include friendship as part of the story.
For children who use aggression:
Talk with a child after an aggressive outburst.
Provide acceptable choices
agree on a safe phrase or gesture the child can use if losing control
Spend one on one time with the child.
For children who seem to be shy or reluctant to join in.
Help children learn socially acceptable ways of behaving.
Observe and interpret for the child what the others are doing.
Offer specific suggestions of what a child could say or do to join a group in play.
Pair the child with another child who has similar interests.
For children who are avoided by the others in the group.
Help children see beyond physical characteristics that may be new to them or misunderstood.
Observe to learn more about the child's social behavior.
Fostering Prosocial Behavior
:
Prosocial behaviors are voluntary actions.
Intended to benefit another person.
They require empathy,
Provide consistent, individualized care.
This is important at any age and teachers children that can count on you to keep them safe and that you value them as individuals
Creating Prosocial Behavior
Help children understand own feelings and those of [others]
Help children to interpret facial expressions
Read books where you can discuss or ask children to describe the characters' feelings
Plan activities that involve the whole classroom community
Benefits of Prosocial behaviors
Compassion
Cooperation
Taking Turns
Generosity
Being Fair
Feeling and Showing Affection
Creates kind and helping children
We must make it every day but brief
Allow children to get excuse if they don't want to participate in the group
Encourage all the participants
Try to create a respectful relationship