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Nurturing Self-Regulation in Early Childhood explores how young children develop self-regulation and offers practical guidance on helping them to manage their feelings and behaviour. It considers the skills, attitudes and dispositions children need to be able to self-regulate and how their wellbeing and self-esteem can affect their ability to do this.
Grimmer and Geens show how schools and settings can adopt an ethos where self-regulation permeates their whole provision. Considering the broad and multifaceted nature of self-regulation and how this key area of development shapes children and their learning, the chapters cover:
developing empathy
emotion coaching
the practitioner as a co-regulator
executive function and the sense of self and wellbeing
international approaches to promoting self-regulation
the role of the adult and environment in encouraging skills for self-regulation
working effectively with parents and carers to ensure a consistent approach
With a focus on developmentally appropriate expectations, this book is essential reading for all early childhood educators who want to develop their understanding of self-regulation and embrace an approach that underpins their practice and changes children's lives.
List of contents
Introduction
1. The development of self-regulation
2. International perspectives
3. Sense of self and wellbeing
4. Regulating behaviour
5. Executive function
6. Skills relating to listening, maintaining focus and attention
7. Social development
8. The role of the adult
9. Enabling parents to support their children
Summary and Conclusion
About the author
Tamsin Grimmer is director of Linden Learning and a Senior Lecturer in Early Years Teacher Education at Bath Spa University. An experienced consultant and trainer, she has written several books, including Developing a Loving Pedagogy in the Early Years and Calling all Superheroes.
Wendy Geens is an experienced Early Years Teacher, Primary Teacher and Senior Leader who is currently a Senior Lecturer in Early Years Teacher Education at Bath Spa University. Wendy is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and her research interests are in early years mathematics and self-regulation.
Summary
Nurturing Self-Regulation in Early Childhood explores how young children develop self-regulation and offers practical guidance on helping them to manage their feelings and behaviour. It considers the skills, attitudes and dispositions children need to self-regulate and how their wellbeing and self-esteem can affect their ability to do this.
