Nurturing Self-Regulation in Early Childhood: Adopting an Ethos and Approach

Nurturing Self-Regulation in Early Childhood explores how young children  develop self-regulation and offers practical guidance on helping them  to manage their feelings and behaviour. It considers the skills,  attitudes and dispositions children need to be able to self-regulate and  how their wellbeing and self-esteem can affect their ability to do  this.

Grimmer and Geens show how schools and settings can adopt  an ethos where self-regulation permeates their whole provision.  Considering the broad and multifaceted nature of self-regulation and how  this key area of development shapes children and their learning, the  chapters cover

developing empathy
emotion coaching
the practitioner as a co-regulator
executive function and the sense of self and wellbeing
international approaches to promoting self-regulation
the role of the adult and environment in encouraging skills for self-regulation
working effectively with parents and carers to ensure a consistent approach
With  a focus on developmentally appropriate expectations, this book is  essential reading for all early childhood educators who want to develop  their understanding of self-regulation and embrace an approach that  underpins their practice and changes children’s lives.