SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Kid Links believes in empowering children to make good choices by actively guiding them during their ongoing social and emotional development. Role-playing and brainstorming solutions to problems are two ways that Kid Links teachers seek to help children acquire the skills they will need to become good citizens. Children are exposed to and practice skills and concepts related to:

Social Skills:

...• Sharing
...• Waiting turn to talk
...• Cooperating
...• Helping others
...• Being kind
...• Group dynamics/Being part of group
...• Problem solving
...• Listening/Speaking skills
...• Community awareness
...• Understanding and welcoming differences
...• Being assertive
...• Using appropriate manners

Understanding/Working Through Emotions:

...• Feeling happy, sad, excited, mad/angry, curious, shy, afraid,
......grumpy
...• Problem solving: helping others with their emotions
...• Using words to express emotions
...• Using art to express emotions

Self-Concept:
...• Aware of self
...• Self-Expression
...• Changes in self
...• Standing up for self