Social-emotional learning (SEL) is the process of developing the self-awareness, self-regulation, and interpersonal skills that are vital for school, work, and life success. People with strong social-emotional skills are better able to cope with everyday challenges and benefit academically, professionally, and socially. Teaching kids to have self-regulation is one of the most important character traits we can teach. Experts believe that kids who master self-regulation become masters of their learning, are more critical thinkers, and make healthier choices; and the benefits are life-long. As parents, I am sure we have observed that little kids have very minimal self-regulation and older kids have some! We adults have developed this self-regulation over time. While it is something that develops as we mature, should we leave the ability to self-regulate up to nature alone, or is there something we could do at home to help kids develop or strengthen this important skill? Some exciting research says self-regulation is something kids can learn. And the best part? It can be taught through play. Note: I've interchangeable used the terms self-regulation and self-control only for the sake of understanding. As Dr. Stuart Shanker says, "There is a profound difference between self-regulation and self-control. Self-control is about inhibiting strong impulses; self-regulation, reducing the frequency and intensity of strong impulses by managing stress-load and recovery. In fact, self-regulation is what makes self-control possible, or, in many cases, unnecessary. The reason lies deep inside the brain." * 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 (𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬) * - I've made a follow-up video with 5 more research proven games to help develop self-regulation in kids (https://youtu.be/TkPwr_plwhU) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OTHER AWESOME GAMES TO IMPROVE SELF-REGULATION (SELF-CONTROL) 1. My Feelings Game. Fun Educational Family Game to Help Kids Express Their Emotions and Learn self Regulation. Endorsed by Dr Temple Grandin and Other World Renown clinicians and Educators: https://amzn.to/2NnmRXn 2. Social Emotional Games NoWaries S.T.O.R.M. | Best Educational Learning Resources for Kids & Adults | Emotional Awareness, Control, & Vocabulary: https://amzn.to/2QgbPpe 3. Mad Dragon: An Anger Control Card Game | Designed for children aged 6 to 12 | Fun & therapeutic card game teaching anger control: https://amzn.to/2LDx6ER 4. Go Fish: Swimming Toward Self Control | This game addresses the importance self-control and impulse control during school, home, and after-school activities | Designed for children aged 4 to 12: https://amzn.to/32Po2Cz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲. Messages are easily misunderstood without the ability to listen effectively. As a result, communication breaks down and it can easily frustrate or irritate the message's sender. Effective listening is a SKILL that underpins all positive relationships between people. Children often struggle with listening skills, missing key pieces of information in the communication process. Helping your child improve their listening skills at an early age benefits them in school and in their social relationships. Listening skills also help a child develop their reading skills, particularly when they hear a story as they see the words on the page. Children learn new vocabulary and expand their sentences and grammar—all thanks to listening. Poor listening skills might result in difficulty following directions and difficulty learning new words and constructing grammatically correct sentences. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝. Listening Games for Children - And, Listening is best developed from early childhood. I am making a string of videos, each of which is a listening game (Guess the Sounds game), that can help your child develop good listening skills and improve attention. Play 'Guess the Sound' with friends or family, or in a classroom!

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