Session: Social/Emotional Growth in Preschoolers

Preparation

• Gather paper and pencils for your participants.
  
  
• Ask participants to bring their books or print the age-group articles and make copies: "God Made Babies," "God Made Ones and Twos," "God Made Threes and Fours," and "God Made Kindergartners."

Reflect and Practice

1. Begin the session with fellowship and prayer.
   
   
2. Organize your participants into four groups according to the preschool age level they teach. Give each group a piece of paper and pencil for the recorder. Ask them to review the social/emotional skills and implications for teaching in the age-group articles (Babies, Ones and Twos, Threes and Fours, and Kindergarteners), then draw conclusions about how the implications result from the skills.
   
   
3. At the appropriate time call the group together and ask groups to share their conclusions. Ask the rest of the participants to consider how the conclusions of one group affect the conclusions of another group
   
   
4. Ask participants to look at their list of preschoolers. Ask, "Based on what we have discussed during this session and your experience, how can you help your preschoolers to grow socially and emotionally?"
   
   
5. Close with prayer for the emotional needs of your participants. Remind participants to read the article(s) for the next session.