Greetings Parents!


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.