With Curriculum Night being tomorrow night, we'd like to share some useful links with you!
Here is a link to the Georgia Early Learning Development Standards (or "GELDS"). Here you can find the standards in which we base our lessons on (48-60 mo):
http://www.gelds.decal.ga.gov/Search.aspx
Here is a link that details how we use the "Safe Place" in our classrooms (You can even make one at home!):
https://consciousdiscipline.com/free-resources/shubert/shuberts-classroom/safe-place/
Here is a useful article on ways that you can practice sharing with your child:
Learning how to share is a big challenge for all children because
it often means putting aside one’s own needs in order to make
someone else happy. Sharing is not a skill children have when
they are born—they need to be taught how to share and how
to see that their efforts have helped someone else feel happy or
solve a problem. In order to learn this skill, children need adults
to provide them with many different opportunities where they can practice how to share
with others and see other children in the act of sharing. When a child learns how to
share with others she feels more confident and is better able to play with other children
independently. Additionally, learning how to share gives a child a very important and solid
foundation of successful friendship skills she can continue to build on as she grows.
Try This at Home
Brooke Brogle, Alyson Jiron & Jill Giacomini
How to Help Your Child
Learn to Share
„. Read books about sharing with your child.
Talk about how the characters might
feel as the story unfolds. All feelings are
healthy and normal. A character might
be feeling a variety of emotions—from
frustrated and sad to happy and joyful. A
good example is the CSEFEL Book Nook
based upon the book I Can Share by Karen
Katz. This resource has many activities
that go along with the book to teach
about sharing. http://csefel.vanderbilt.
edu/booknook/share.pdf
„.Notice and point out when other
children are sharing. “I see that those
girls are sharing their snack.”
„.Notice and let your child know that you
see the many moments in the day when
he is sharing. “Thank you for sharing
your crayons with me. I feel happy when
you share.” Or “When I came to pick you
up from school, I noticed that you were
sharing the toys with Sophie. What a
good friend!”
„. Plan ahead if sharing might be a
concern. “Avery is coming over to our
house today for a play date. I know how
special your blankie is to you. We can
put your blankie in a special place that is
just for you and all the other toys will be
shared with Avery.”
„. Find opportunities to teach sharing to your
child. “Oh no! For desert tonight we only
have three cookies left for you, Joey, me,
and Daddy. I wonder what we can do?”
Practice at School
At school, children are taught how to share
and learn about how sharing makes friends
feel. Children learn about sharing through
stories, role-playing and puppets. One way
teachers help children learn how to share
with each other is by pointing out how a
friend looks and feels when a child does, or
does not, share. Teachers also encourage
children to begin to solve problems by
themselves. “I see you have five cars and
Ryan has none. I wonder what we can do?”
Or “I wonder which car Ryan can use?”
Most importantly, teachers congratulate
children when they solve sharing problems
and recognize how proud they must feel
after they share.
The Bottom Line
Sharing is a skill that your child will use
throughout her life to get along with others
during activities and build friendships.
Children who learn how to share are
better able to understand other’s feelings,
negotiate difficult situations with confidence
and feel secure in their ability to solve
problems by themselves.
This publication was produced by the
Technical Assistance Center on Social
Emotional Intervention (TACSEI) for
Young Children funded by the Office
of Special Education Programs, U.S.
Department of Education (H326B070002). The views
expressed do not necessarily represent the positions or
policies of the Department of Education. April 2013.
More Information
For more information about this topic, visit
TACSEI’s website at challengingbehavior.org
and type “sharing” in the Search Box in the
upper-right corner of the screen.
