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What You Need to Know about Emotional Regulation

Emotional regulation is the ability to influence and change how we respond to a situation. In the preschool classroom, young children spend their time playing in groups. While building creations in blocks center, children are expected to regulate their emotions so that when upsetting or frustrating things happen, they can problem solve in a safe fashion.

Janelle FenwickJuly 21, 2020emotional regulation, social skills, preschool, parent strategy, teacher training, in the classroom Comments

Do you Know the Most Important Rule about Toys in Preschools?

Figuring out the unwritten rules for who is using an object and what items are available for play is a formidable task. Every day children are frustrated and confused when others take *their* items just because they weren’t using them. Luckily, we’ve broken this process down into one simple, visual, and concrete rule.

Janelle FenwickSeptember 15, 2019preschool, social skills, play, teacher training, parents