Merrell's strong start, pre-K : a social and emotional learning curriculum / Sara A. Whitcomb, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Danielle M. Parisi Damico, Ph.D., Amplify Education, Brooklyn, New York.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitcomb, Sara A., author.

Parisi Damico, Danielle M., author.

Contributor:

Merrell, Kenneth W.

Series:

Strong kids.

Strong Kids

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Affective education.

Early childhood education.

Social learning.

Child development.

Emotional intelligence.

Education--Social aspects.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Paul H. Brookes Publishing, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Teach social-emotional competence to preschoolers with the NEW edition of the Strong Start--Pre-K curriculum! Part of the Strong Kids[trademark symbol] series, Strong Start is the fun, easy way to help young children develop the social-emotional skills they need to build a strong foundation for school success. Developed by a team of educational and mental health experts, this evidence-based, age-appropriate curriculum is Low cost and low tech Proven to help increase young children's knowledge of healthy behavior Easy to implement with no training required Brief enough to use with any program Through engaging classroom activities, children learn about emotions and the social-emotional skills they'll use for the rest of their lives: managing anger, reducing stress, solving interpersonal problems, and more. This scientifically-based curriculum runs for 10 weeks, and lessons are easy to fit into your existing schedule. Partially scripted lessons, handouts, and worksheets are included--all photocopiable and available as downloads--so you have everything you need to implement the program with little added cost or preparation. "-- Provided by publisher.

"Lessons in Strong Start--Pre-K include everything early childhood teachers need to build and reinforce new social, emotional, and behavioral skills and strategies. Strong Start--Pre-K addresses the unique social, emotional, and behavioral needs of preschool-age children. The program is based on the need for a curriculum that focuses on the development of these areas. This curriculum can be used in both prevention and early intervention programs, has a wide range of applications, and can be used with high-functioning, typical, at-risk, or emotionally disturbed children in a variety of settings"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Contents

About the Downloadable Material

About the Authors

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Section I: Introduction and Overview

Chapter 1: About Strong Start

Chapter 2: Implementation Guidelines and Lesson Structure

Chapter 3: Overview of the Lessons

Chapter 4: What's New: Updates to Strong Start-Pre-K and Strong Start

Section II: The Strong Start-Pre-K Curriculum

Lesson 1: The Feelings Exercise Group

Lesson 2: Understanding Your Feelings 1

Lesson 3: Understanding Your Feelings 2

Lesson 4: Understanding Other People's Feelings

Lesson 5: When You're Angry

Lesson 6: When You're Happy

Lesson 7: When You're Worried

Lesson 8: Being a Good Friend

Lesson 9: Solving People Problems

Lesson 10: Finishing UP!

Section III: Appendices

Appendix A: Strong Start Booster Lesson 1

Appendix B: Strong Start Booster Lesson 2

Appendix C: Recommended Strong Start-Pre-K Literature List.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Related Work:

Merrell, Kenneth W. Strong start, pre-K.

ISBN:

9781681252124

1681252120

9781681252117

1681252112