How to Prepare a Child for School. Developing Social-Emotional Skills and Setting Up for Classroom Learning

If you are raising or teaching preschool-age children, you know from experience how challenging it can be to motivate them to engage quietly and attentively, even if the lesson is fun and engaging. 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 levels, as well as intellectual or cultural characteristics, everyday activities and types of learning that are easy for their peers can be extremely difficult.
If your charges have difficulty controlling their emotions and actively engaging in learning activities, the tools from this mindfulness guide may help you. The author's OpenMind program described in this book will help children cope with stress, understand and experience difficult emotions, and positively interact with others. Children will also learn how to recover from challenging 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 the benefits they bring to children many times. My OpenMind program has been repeatedly refined based on feedback from teachers who have implemented it and researchers who have evaluated its credibility, acceptability, and effectiveness for teachers and their students."