Social and Emotional Well-Being

Young children are better able to cope with their ever-changing world, overcome obstacles, and grow into emotionally healthy adults if they are provided opportunities to build their self-awareness and confidence. Help children appreciate themselves and others, explore relationships, and develop coping mechanisms for dealing with change and difficult events in their lives as they learn about self-esteem, emotions and feelings, family, friends, and changes in life. The curriculum includes: * Overviews of the six social and emotional well-being topics * Suggested interest area materials and supports for creating the learning environment * Learning objectives and vocabulary words to introduce and use * Suggestions for evaluating children's understanding of each topic * More than 30 hands-on classroom activities * Family information and take-home activities. This book is part of the Growing, Growing Strong series, a whole-health curriculum for children age three though kindergarten. Together, the books provide a complete set of activities and resources to help you support children's growth and wellness.