Social-Emotional Learning: Empowering Minds, Nurturing Hearts

The preschool years are seen as a key period for establishing enthusiasm for learning, as well as engagement in learning - the ability to focus attention, persist, be flexible, and regulate thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Through a variety of activities and practices preschool teachers promote essential social and emotional learning competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.