Create Positive Habits

Create Positive Habits — page 1
TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS Social and emotional learning SEL helps children manage emotions learn how to feel empathy create and achieve goals and make good decisions Strong lessons and support in SEL will help children establish positive habits in communication cooperation and decision-making By incorporating SEL in early reading children will be better equipped to build confidence and foster positive peer networks BEFORE READING Talk to the reader about forming habits Explain that habits are part of our everyday lives Discuss What are habits that you have Have you formed a new habit recently How did you do it What are habits you’d like to form AFTER READING Talk to the reader about different habits he or she could start Discuss What is a small habit you want to form What is a big goal that you could use habits to help with What would the cue for your habit be What would the reward for your habit be SEL GOAL Self-awareness is a crucial part of discovering what habits we already have both positive and negative Self-monitoring is an effective and efficient way for kids to see the habits of their lives Help readers monitor their actions for a few days to a week They could keep journals or use other methods to keep track At the end of the tracking period help readers look for and identify habits What are good habits they have What are habits they want to change How will they work to change them and create new ones