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Do you remember your first day of school, either in preschool or kindergarten? If not the first day, perhaps you recall the feeling that you had about going to school. You might have felt like one of the big kids. You might have missed your mother. The preschool or kindergarten teachers knew how to welcome young children into a new environment away from home and how to help children feel comfortable in the school. In this video, you will see a teacher engaging children in activities where they are exploring feelings and important personal safety concepts. Notice specifically how the teacher engages the children in developmentally appropriate ways.

a) In what ways does the teacher use hands-on experiences, movement, and language to engage the students?

b)What are some of the important social and emotional skills children learn in preschool?

Video Transcript:

>> One of the main goals of guidance is to help children develop their ability to make sound decisions and sound judgments. Although parents want to protect their children from any harm, they can't always be with their children to do that. The task then is for teachers and parents to teach preschool children how to use good thinking skills and judgment even if an adult is not present. Preschool children learn best if they are actively involved with hands on experience with repetition, dramatic play and fun. Adults can present scenarios with which children would be faced with puzzling feelings and confusion so that children can practice what to say and how to respond in those circumstances. The adults validate children's feelings and suggestions while they direct children towards effective ways to respond to the scenarios. This practice with a trusted adult builds children's confidence and decreases their sense of powerlessness.

>> So I am going to give you an example. I want you using your plate to hold up if it's something that makes you feel happy or makes you feel sad. So let's see, if you are about to have a birthday party how would you feel? Anna show me your plate. Which one would you use? Happy.

>> After children have identified things that make them feel happy or sad, they learn about personal space, the invisible space around each of us that feels like our own private area. The teacher emphasizes that the children can choose who to allow into their personal space. They may invite children or adults to be close to them if they feel comfortable. They may request others to remain distant if they want privacy or if they feel uncomfortable if they feel too close.

>> When is it okay to have someone in your personal space? When can you have someone come over?

>> When you play.

>> If I come to give Alex a hug, is that okay?

>> Yes.

>> Yes.

>> Now that the children have learned about personal space, their invisible shield of protection, their teacher explains the concepts of good touch and bad touch. She says that green light touches are touches that make you happy. You feel safe and comfortable with green light touches, such as a hug around your shoulder, holding hands with a friend and snuggling with your puppy. The children learn that they can give the green light to these touches because they are soothing and enjoyable. In contrast, red light touches make you feel sad, hurt, angry or scared. Red light touches are pushes, slaps and tickles and hugs that are too hard. The most important thing for children to remember when they feel a red light touch is that they have the right to say stop. They should always tell a trusted adult when they have tried unsuccessfully to stop another child's red light touch or when they have felt uncomfortable or scared by an adult's touch. Our teacher is playing a red light green light game to help the children remember the differences between green light and red light touches. The children jump around when they hear an example of a green light touch and freeze when they hear an example of a red light touch. These children have learned important lessons about happy and sad feelings, personal space and appropriate and inappropriate touches. Their teacher's supportive approach has encouraged them to tell adults about their positive as well as negative feelings. These games are building blocks for future lessons about respecting oneself and others, establishing one's privacy and turning to others for help.