Positive Guidance
Friendship Skills
Self-Regulation
Problem Solving
Social-Emotional Development
100
These are used to help children understand their emotions.
What are 'emotion cards'?
100
You go first, I'll go next
What is 'turn taking' (taking turns)?
100
Guided movement activities to help children learn to regulate their bodies
What is yoga?
100
Teacher language that states what is happening without judgement.
What is a neutral problem statement?
100
Learning about yourself and others, and how to get along with others.
What is Social-Emotional Development?
200
Providing options for children to decide
What is 'choices'?
200
When teachers intentionally pair children together
What is a buddy system?
200
A 4-quadrant chart to help children recognize their emotions and energy levels.
What is a mood meter?
200
An adult recognizes emotions in children and states what they think the child might be experiencing.
What is acknowledging feelings?
200
A skill that requires waiting, patience, understanding you will get your turn, and bequeathing something to someone else.
What is sharing?
300
This is the opposite of 'power over'
What is shared power?
300
Teachers comment specifically on children's empathetic actions.
What is specific commenting (positive descriptive acknowledgement)?
300
Identifying, understanding and expressing emotions in healthy ways
What is emotional literacy?
300
A group of cards with problem-solving strategy pictures so children can 'read the cards'
What is the solution kit?
300
Learning how to calm down and self-regulate.
What is managing strong emotions?
400
These are super helpful to do at circle time or in small groups to help children understand social relationships.
What are puppet shows or role plays?
400
A child takes a toy from another child who is building a tower.  This child needs
What is how to initiate play?
400
A pretend reptile that helps children learn to breathe deeply 3 times to self-regulate
What is Tucker the Turtle?
400
Unfortunately, what many adults do when approaching problem-solving and conflict resolution with children.
What is giving the children the solutions?
400
Something most of use experience throughout out lives.  Support from others helps to reduce the impact of this.
What is adversity?
500
This is the opposite of 'do as I say, not as I do' (old school)
What is modeling?
500
The biggest predictor of school success
What is friendship skills (getting along with peers)?
500
A ball used to demonstrate breathing in and out
What is a Hoberman ball?
500
The part of the brain responsible for fight or flight.  A person cannot access their higher thinking brain when in this part of the brain.
What is the low brain (reptilian brain).
500
When children are limited in their relationships and are not experiencing healthy relationships a
What is 'relational poverty'?
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