Social Emotional Development

I saw a great idea in a classroom and wanted to share it with all of you! In response to some unattractive behaviors in the classroom, this teacher created a "work it out" station. The idea is that the children use the station independently, with the help of a peer mediator. To get things started the teacher explained the way to use the station, and selected the first peer mediator based on the child's maturity. In other words, she selected a child that she knew was up to the task!  I don't have a lot of details of how she got started, but I am sure that in addition to the explanations she used role-playing so the children could "see" what she was describing.

Along with the mediator, the children who are having the issue complete the following steps:

• What's the problem?
• How does it make you feel?
• What should we do?
• Let's try it!

Photo attached so you can see it :) (If you click on the picture it will get larger)

Isn't this a fantastic idea? I love it! The teacher reported that it has been very successful!