“You never know love until you have children,” this saying is always true, especially when teaching children essential soft skills and life skills. Equipping preschoolers with social skills is like a compass, guiding them firmly on their life journey. So, how to build an effective social skills lesson plan for preschoolers? This article will share valuable experiences with readers.
The Importance of Social Skills for Preschoolers
Social skills are indispensable luggage for children. They not only help children integrate into the community and build good relationships with friends and teachers but also lay the foundation for comprehensive personality development later in life. A child with good social skills will be confident, proactive, know how to handle situations, share, cooperate, and respect others. Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan, a preschool education expert at Hoa Sen Kindergarten in Hanoi, emphasized in her book “Nurturing Life Skills”: “The preschool stage is the golden time to form and develop social skills for children.”
Building an Effective Social Skills Lesson Plan for Preschoolers
A good lesson plan needs to be appropriate for the age and learning ability of children and closely follow the learning objectives. Here are some suggestions:
Relevant and Practical Topics
Choose topics that are close to children’s daily lives, such as greetings, sharing toys, queuing, apologizing, saying thank you, etc. Ms. Pham Thi Hoa, principal of Sao Mai Kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City, shared: “Integrating real-life situations into lessons will help children easily visualize and apply them.”
Diverse Teaching Methods
Use a variety of teaching methods such as storytelling, role-playing, games, singing, etc., to create excitement for children. “Hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing once, seeing a hundred times is not as good as doing once,” let children experience and practice directly.
Assessment and Monitoring
Assessment should not only stop at testing knowledge but also observe and monitor children’s progress during learning and activities.
Some Activities for Teaching Social Skills to Preschoolers
- Role-playing games: Have children role-play characters in different communication situations.
- Storytelling and reading books: Choose stories with content about social skills.
- Singing and physical activities: Integrate songs and physical games with content about social skills.
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