How to prepare a child for school. Developing social-emotional skills and setting up for classroom learning

If you are raising or teaching preschool-aged children, you know from experience how difficult it can be to motivate them to engage quietly and attentively, even when the lesson is fun and captivating. The preschool age can itself be a challenging transitional period in a child's life. For children who differ from others in learning abilities, motor skills, social skills, speech development level, as well as intellectual or cultural characteristics, everyday activities and types of educational tasks that are easy for their peers can be extremely difficult.
If your charges find it hard to control their emotions and actively engage in learning activities, the tools in this mindfulness guide may help you. The OpenMind program described in this book will help children cope with stress, understand and experience difficult emotions, and interact positively with others. Children will also learn how to recover after tough experiences, be attentive and focused, and participate more actively in social and educational processes.
"As a practicing physician and mother of four children, I have used these practices and processes day in and day out in both my personal and professional life and can attest that I have seen many times the benefits they bring to children. My OpenMind program has been repeatedly enhanced through feedback from educators who applied it and researchers who assessed its credibility, acceptability, and effectiveness for teachers and their students".