Fostering Social and Emotional Learning in Early Childhood Education

This project describes a three-day lesson designed to teach social and emotional skills to preschool-aged children in an early childhood education center in California. The author argues that strong social and emotional skills in early childhood prevent later behavior problems and improve academic success. The report presents the development of a curriculum intervention for fostering these skills.

Key points

• Children in early childhood education centers often lack opportunities to develop social and emotional skills
• Weak social and emotional skills are linked to later behavior problems and low academic achievement
• A three-day social and emotional learning lesson was created for preschool children
• The intervention was developed for the Cabrillo College Children's Center in Aptos, California

Limitations

This document appears to be a project proposal or curriculum description rather than an evaluation with outcome data. It does not report on the implementation results, effectiveness, or impact of the three-day lesson on children's social and emotional development.