Keyword: Self-Regulation
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Self-Regulation and Executive Function
This list contains resources to help educators and families support self-regulation and executive function in young children.
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Challenging Behaviors in Young Children
This toolkit includes information on child development, the meaning of behavior, strategies adults can use with young children, and additional resources for families and educators.
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COVID-19 Parenting Pep Talk: (Re)focus on Positive Guidance
In spring 2020, our world was turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Illinois, our stay-at-home order has caused drastic changes in daily routines for everyone. With schools, many childcare centers, and most other places closed to stop the spread of COVID-19, we have found our daily routines profoundly changed.
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Helping Young Children With Disabilities During a Trying Time: Adding Structure and Routine
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, you may be a parent or caregiver of a young child with special needs who was previously attending a child care center, preschool program, or receiving other services. You may now be caring for your child at home with few outside supports—and this can feel overwhelming. We know young children thrive…
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Positive Guidance for Young Children: Be Thoughtful
Young children are learning to manage their behaviors and feelings. Your responses matter to children in these moments. Sometimes adults need to stop behaviors that are unsafe or extremely disruptive and help children understand how to behave appropriately.
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Positive Guidance for Young Children: Take a Break and Calm Down
Young children are learning to manage their behavior and feelings. At times, they may be “out of control” and need an adult to help them calm down and learn how to express their emotions in appropriate ways.
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Positive Guidance for Young Children: Plan Ahead
Young children are curious and actively explore the world.
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Positive Guidance for Young Children: Be Consistent
Young children are learning to manage their behaviors and feelings. They may need many reminders of what appropriate behavior looks like. Clear directions from adults in a calm, firm tone of voice help children know what to do.
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Self-Regulation: Foundation of Development
This Early Learning Moment provides an over view of the Self-Regulation: Foundation of Development section in the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age 3.
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What Can You Tell Me Baby?
Language development begins very early as children listen to the voices of their caregivers and the sounds and rhythms of the language being spoken around them. Very young infants even try to participate in communication by looking at their caregivers and making sounds.
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Saying ‘No’ to Your Child
This list contains a variety of resources associated with saying ‘no’ to your child.
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Helping Children Develop “Impulse Control”
Excitement, joy, anger, frustration, and disappointment are all part of growing up.
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Two Trains
Sadie (26 months) pulls two trains across the carpet and sits down on the teacher’s lap. Sadie and the teacher are talking about the two trains while Daniel watches. Daniel reaches down to take the handle of one of the trains, to which Sadie objects. The teacher then asks Sadie to give one of her…
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A Tower Together
The teachers provided balance in both supporting Anna and allowing her space to work through situations independently. She followed Anna’s reactions and did not intervene too early.
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Papa and Wayne: A Simple Game With Baby
In this video we see a spontaneous playful interaction between 6-month-old Wayne and his grandfather (Papa). Many families play games like this, which are important both to children’s sense of belonging and their ability to communicate with others.
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Keep Up the Good Work
Here are some ways you can help them stay with tasks and try hard to complete them even when the job is tough.
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Feelings Are Fantastic
Children are learning the words to express their feelings and how to show feelings in appropriate ways. Here are some ways you can help them to be successful as they learn these important skills.
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Helping Children Handle Disappointment
Helping children handle disappointments can provide them with lifelong coping skills.
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Connecting with Parents: “But He Doesn’t Do That at Home!”
Here are some suggestions that may help when parents say, “He doesn’t do that at home!”
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Helping the Often-Angry Child
Teachers can help children learn how to respond to their anger.
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Fuss Management: Planning Ahead to Prevent Tantrums
Some simple steps can reduce the chances that your toddler or preschooler will “pitch a fit” when you run errands together.
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Fuss Management: Comforting the Irritable Child
When you take a calm, problem-solving approach, you help your child learn to calm himself when he is irritable.
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What Puppets Can Mean to Children, Part 2
Child therapy specialists tell us that puppets – particularly various animal puppets– can symbolize particular feelings or relationships, making them key equipment in a therapeutic playroom.
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Dealing with Distraction
If you find that children aren’t paying attention, here are three areas you can check.