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The Treasure Map
TARGET:
3-5 years
INTENSITY:
7 min
LEARNING GOAL
Developing Emotional Awareness When Interacting with Others (aiming for a positive solution-seeking stance)
PEDAGOGICAL INTENTION
Reacting While Taking into Account My Emotions and Others'
Target SKILLS
Socio-emotional Intelligence
Co-Intelligence Human-Human
Complex Reasoning
MATERIALS
Action cards
DETAILED PROCEDURE
This activity works best one-on-one, or with one child at a time within a small group. Calmly return to the emotion the child experienced: Explain calmly to the child: "You were frustrated a moment ago."
Step 1
Invite the child to find a concrete solution: "Let's look for an action on the treasure map."
Step 2
Invite the child to choose between two positive options such as helping or waiting their turn.
Step 3
Support the implementation of this choice by guiding the action verbally.
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PROGRESS INDICATORS
The child chooses an appropriate action and carries it out without escalating.
Research Foundations
Denham (1998)
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