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together for social and emotional learning * sd22 *jan 2016
Hello! I hope you have all had a good holiday and a very happy and healthy 2016. This flyer has good tips on how to help our kids make and keep friends, and how to deal with the troubles that come along the way throughout elementary school. Check out the elementary and teen Pinterest boards if you can - they are always being updated with resources.
FRIENDS
At any age, having friends provides support and promotes mental health and wellbeing. Children’s friendships are also very important for their social and emotional development. Through friendships children learn how to relate with others. They develop social skills as they teach each other how to be good friends. Most children want to have friends. Children who have friends are more likely to be self-confident and perform better academically at school than those without friends. When children have difficulty in making friends or in keeping them, it often leads to feeling lonely and unhappy with themselves. Feeling rejected by others may lead to significant distress. Learning positive friendship skills can help children socially so they feel happier and more confident. ...kids matter
Connecting with your Preteen
Staying connected as kids approach the teen years and become more independent may become a challenge for parents, but it's as important as ever — if not more so now.
While activities at school, new interests, and a growing social life become more important to growing kids, parents are still the anchors, providing love, guidance, and support.
And that connection provides a sense of security and helps build the resilience kids needs to roll with life's ups and downs. http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/preteen.html#cat171
created by
linda campbell
social and emotional learning resources for families
school district 22
cherryville, coldstream, lumby and vernon
Email: lindacampbellse@gmail.com
Twitter: @tattlelinks