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The Charlotte Jewish News - December 2006 - Page 10 Preschool Puzzlers PICK A ROSENFELD for All Your Real Estate Needs Over 35 Years Experience Home 704-321-0220 r Aim BARBARA Caldwell BankerUnited 704-541-6100 MARSHALL Queenstowne Realty 704-543-6046 By Fern Sanderson Preschool Puzzlers is a month ly feature presented by the Jewish Preschool on Sardis. Fern Sanderson is the director of JPOS and a member of the national, state, and local Associations for Education for Young Children, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the National Jewish Early Childhood Network. She can be reached at jpsonsardis@earth- link.net. Q: At my son’s parent- teacher conference, his teacher spoke at length about his social skills. Why is so much emphasis placed on social development? A: When educators talk about a child’s “social competence,” they’re referring to an array of abilities, behaviors and responses directed at other people in order to build positive human relation ships. Learning to work and play well with others is a lifetime goal with the foundation being set in the early childhood years. It is a universal concern for both teach ers and parents. A survey of par ents of preschool-aged children revealed that the top three priori ties for early learning were social skills with peers, language skills and self-help skills. A preschool er’s acceptance by peers is not only correlated with positive attitudes toward school; it is a powerful predictor of social adj ustment throughout life. A preschooler learns about social interactions when relating to others. Every interaction, whether children are meeting for the first time or play ing a taking-turns game, offers an opportunity for social learning. Their peers afford preschoolers some of their most exciting, fun experiences. Preschoolers who have positive peer relationships are likely to have positive interac tions in elementary school, while children who have difficulty get ting along with peers are more likely to experience later academ ic difficulties and rejection or neglect by their elementary school playmates. Without the skills to play constructively and to develop fifendships with peers, children become excluded from opportunities to develop the, more complex skills that are important for future interactions. Being agreeable and flexible are prerequisites to good peer relations, but they alone are not sufficient. Socially competent preschoolers develop additional. more sophisticated skills that they use in play. The first of these skills is the ability to tune in to important features of the social context - for example, the ability to rec ognize other children’s preferences, frame of refer ence, behavior and interests “ and to adapt accordingly. In addition to being gener ally agreeable and well- attuned to the social con text, socially competent children are responsive and able to mesh their behavior with the behavior of their playmates. Children who have social skills are able to do more than merely behave in posi tive ways. They show responsive ness and sensitivity to the situa tion and to others. They are able to maintain positive contact and counter rejections with alternate options. • Good communication is a skill that is important to socialization. Well-liked children appear to communicate well. They are like ly to be clear in direct communi cations by saying the other child’s name, establishing eye contact or touching the child they intend to address. Well-liked preschoolers more often reply appropriately to other children who speak to them, rather than ignoring the speaker, changing the subject or saying something irrelevant. Call me today for the attention you deserve. (704) 846-9700 Howard Epstein MBA 10618-A PROVIDENCE RD CHARLOTTE howardepsteini^ allstate.com Jewish Preschool on Sardis Four-Year- Olds Visit Hunter Frams TlllstBte. >Wt» in good hands. Insurance subject to availability and qualifications. Allstate Insurance Company and Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Northbrook, Illinois 02006 Allstate Insurance Company. Joshua Sorell finds himself back in the saddle again, after visiting with the farm's animals. MICHELE WATCHES DAVID’S V LTD The four-year-old classes at The Jewish Preschool on Sardis ushered in autumn, vis iting Hunters Farm in Weddington. The children enjoyed a hayride and made friends with the farm’s resi dents - cows, horses, goats, rabbits, pigs and chickens. They compared pumpkins, learned about the inner-work ings of the farm, and even managed to sing a few songs. 1 0»co Diamond Watch in Stainless Steel Ms. Beverly's and Ms. Michaele's classes get set for the hayride. Benjamin Goldman is all smiles during the field trip to Hunters Farm.
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