by MiLa Driver
TEACHING KIDS TO BE CIVILIZED It is never too early to start teaching children what it means to be civilized. The earlier you start, the more likely these skills will stick with the child as he grows up. Being a kinder...read more
by Jane Gilgun
Children learn social skills through direct instruction and through observing how others behave. They repeat the behaviors that bring them rewards and behaviors that they see are rewarded. The following are trie...read more
Every teacher begins a new year with a group of smiling faces eager to learn something new. The first few weeks of school run smoothly, and each, teacher and student, are working to build a relationship that will take the...read more
by Sammy Stein
I would like to propose that lessons be given in the primary classroom on social skills. Not to the children but to the teachers! All our children went to a selective church school in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England and I...read more
by Mrs. P.
In today's time it is more and more common that the teacher is the primary person that is expected to teach social skills to children. Many children come to school without preparation of how to behave in a classroom settin...read more
by Nicole Blake
A classroom is only successful when there is an established degree of respect between those that take part in it. The teachers show respect to the children and in return they are given respect. This often translates into a...read more
Promoting School Safety - Everyone on Board How can the students in your school be expected to follow school rules if the school staff isn't on the same page regarding expectations? There are too often times of miscommu...read more
by Erica T
In the staffroom awhile ago, I had had a particularly rough day with one of my students and I was blowing off steam to my colleagues. I made a statement out loud which I immediately regretted. I insinuated that this s...read more
by Icy Ice
Schools these day are geared more towards social learning theories than behaviourist and congitivist theories. Social learning theories promote interaction among students-students and students-teachers. Cooperative Lea...read more
by Tersoo Igyor
Social skills are relative This I mean that this does depend on the society the child grows and is from. When I talk of social skills I mean the basic social education a child needs while he /she is growing. Thus what is s...read more
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