Today my daughter's teacher sent home the first weekly communication chart of the school year. She also sent a letter explaining that the chart is not a progress report but a tool for engagement with our pre-school child about his/her week at school.
A part of her letter I particularly liked was the section on social/emotional skills. She underscored the importance of the following skills: "cooperation, self-control, confidence, independence, curiosity, empathy, and communication."
I re-read this sentence several times. I often think the skills I need to be accentuating at home are language and math skills (and nature and art) through various activities. But these significant social skills make me pause.
--Cooperation (Ummmm...do I hear another sibling argument in the background?)
--self-control (Ummm..."OK, have another snack" and maybe they'll stop complaining)
--confidence (this is a tricky one. I would really like to hear ideas on nurturing confidence)
--independence (getting better, but it took me a long time to let my kids pour their own drink!)
--curiosity (I think I'm better at this)
--empathy (how can we promote this other than talking about and role-playing?)
--communication (this is one reason I love the dinner table, driving my kids home from school, and bed-time cuddles).
I want to keep thinking about these areas of development. Any ideas?
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