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Fostering Social-Emotional Competence In Preschoolers, Celina Waddy
Fostering Social-Emotional Competence In Preschoolers, Celina Waddy
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
In order to form and maintain healthy relationships with peers and adults, preschool-age children must develop the skills needed to manage and express their emotions appropriately. Without these social-emotional competence skills, young children’s success in current and future relationships may be hindered. In order to address preschoolers’ social-emotional competence, I created a 3-day lesson plan, which covers emotion identification, expression, and regulation, and delivered it to a group of preschoolers at the Hartnell Community College Child Development Center in Salinas, California.
Disability Awareness In Young Children, Guadalupe Y. Espinoza
Disability Awareness In Young Children, Guadalupe Y. Espinoza
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Young children who attend schools nowadays are likely exposed to many more types of diversity ranging from race, ethnicity, religion, and social class to name a few in comparison to the past. One area of diversity in specific is the inclusion of individuals with disabilities, and because children are so young in age, they may not be aware of disabilities or even identify when a peer or a surrounding adult has a disability. In schools the idea of raising disability awareness to an extent where students not only understand but recognize disabilities, perhaps, is one of the most challenging aspects …
Inclusion And Racial Diversity Curriculum In Preschools, Vanessa Sanchez
Inclusion And Racial Diversity Curriculum In Preschools, Vanessa Sanchez
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Preschool aged children begin to observe the things that makes individuals different in the world around them. Teachers have the opportunity to teach children the importance of recognizing the differences and accepting towards others who are racially different. Lessons around racial diversity will help children extend their knowledge about others and help develop positive attitudes towards racial diversity . To address the need for preschool aged children to learn about diversity in a positive way, I created a 3 day lesson plan about racial diversity executed at CSUMB child care center.