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  • Preschool Activities that Meet Social Emotional Standards

    It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for some activities aligned to a specific standard.  This is the seventh week of this feature, and we’re still on social emotional standards. (The Standards that I use every day, and am most comfortable with are Ohio’s Early Learning Development Standards – you can review them here, however I’ve found that even if your State’s standards differ, many of these activities can still be aligned similarly). I’ve rounded up some great ideas today!Domain: Social Emotional DevelopmentStrand: RelationshipsTopic: Peer Interactions and RelationshipsPeer interactions involve so much more than just playing together.  Children learn cooperative behaviors, negotiation skills, teamwork, and conflict resolution through repeated interaction and by watching…