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 your own experience how difficult it can be to motivate them to work quietly and concentrate, even if the lesson is fun and engaging. Preschool age can be a challenging transitional period in a child's life. For children who differ from others in learning abilities, motor skills, social skills, level of speech development, as well as intellectual or cultural characteristics, everyday tasks and types of educational activities that are easy for their peers may prove extremely difficult.
If your charges find it hard to control their emotions and actively engage in learning activities, the tools from this mindfulness guide can 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 from difficult 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 after day in both my personal and professional life and can testify that I have seen many times how beneficial they are for children. My OpenMind program has been continuously improved thanks to feedback from teachers who applied it and researchers who evaluated its credibility, acceptability, and effectiveness for teachers and their students."