Your role

As a teacher, you want to be a good role model for your children. Describe your own feelings and demonstrate empathy for the children’s feelings and emotions. Wonder about what others might be feeling. Ask the children how they feel and what they think about others’ feelings.

Encourage prosocial behavior by providing support and guidance. Observe how children interact and attempt to work things out on their own. Support their efforts to work through the problem solving process to resolve conflicts.

 

Practice “thinking out loud” as you solve problems of your own to model this so the children can learn from you.

 

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