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Posted byRosalind Orchard24 March 2021Posted inUncategorised
  • Create a listening culture and atmosphere which is calm and caring, where young children feel able to express their emotions
  • Model caring responses and comforting or helping behaviours in your interactions with all children.
  • Name and talk about a wide range of feelings and make it clear that all feelings are understandable and acceptable. Put children’s feelings into words for them: It looks like you’re cross about that.
  • Model how you manage your own feelings, e.g. I’m feeling a bit angry and I need to calm down, so I’m going to…
  • Help children to recognise when their actions hurt others.  Do not expect children to say sorry before they have a real understanding of what this means. Instead help them to suggest solutions to a conflict when they are emotionally ready.
  • Be emotionally available to young children when they need to “emotionally refuel” to help them to cope with difficult situations, conflict and difficult emotions.
  • Ask children for their ideas on what might make people feel better when they are sad or cross.
  • Children with developmental differences such as Autism Spectrum Disorders may need additional support in developing empathy. Using role play opportunities, social stories and providing feedback can help a child to recognise their feelings of empathy
  • Provide clear boundaries without being inflexible.
  • Discuss rules and fairness with young children and show positive appreciation of young children’s pro-social behaviours of kindness and helpfulness for example.
  • Support children in recognising the consequences of behaviours and responses that make other children or adults feel upset and help them to repair this by finding new responses or behaviours.
  • Actively listen to children’s talk, play, body language and behaviours and think about what the child is telling you.
  • Make opportunities for children and adults to listen to each other and explain their thinking, feelings and actions as far as they are able.
  • Collaborate with children in creating rules and expectations within a group such as mutual respect, compromise, caring behaviours towards themselves, others and the environment.
  • Adopt a partnership approach with parents when discussing boundaries and expectations to maintain continuity for children.
Posted byRosalind Orchard24 March 2021Posted inUncategorised

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