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Social and Emotional

Basic rules in our environment include: caring for each other, the material and atmosphere of the class. Through various activities the children develop self-esteem and trust in their own ability to care for themselves and their environment. Older children are models for the younger ones. They are given the opportunities to show a younger companion how to do something that he is not yet capable of doing by himself. There is only one example of each exercise so the child learns to care for the material, respect other children at work, and learn to wait for one’s turn. Children return material to the shelf once they are finished with it so that another child may use it.