Conflict Resolution Skills for Young Children with Elizabeth Fraley Kinder Ready

Conflicts and disagreements are always a certainty in the process of social interaction, amongst young children too. In this situation, learning to maneuver through such situations positively is a vital life skill that builds empathy, communication and emotional control in the case of preschoolers who will soon enter the world of cooperation that kindergarten offers, acquiring the skills that would allow resolving conflicts as a fundamental element of social-emotional preparation.

It is an important learning at Elizabeth Fraley Kinder Ready. With the assistance and redirection of the Kinder Ready Tutoring system, young students will have the tools and resources to address conflicts in a practical and supportive manner, turning conflicts into tools to solve problems and develop

It starts way before a conflict emerges, and involves the establishment of emotional literacy and self-regulation. A child should be capable of distinguishing their feelings first before recognizing those of a peer. This foundational work is incorporated in the Kinder Ready Elizabeth Fraley method of day-to-day learning. During individual Kinder Ready Tutoring, teachers read aloud, role-play with puppets, and discussions reflectively with children to help them develop a set of words to describe frustration, disappointment, and anger. This will be of much importance since it will enable a child to shift the physical response (hitting, grabbing) to the verbal one (I feel mad). The Elizabeth Fraley Kinder Ready has a mission to introduce children to a variety of learning methods, and the same can be applied to the social-emotional ideas.

It is on this basis that the children then get to be taught basic, scripted conflict resolution strategies. The teacher is a coach, demonstrating and employing particular expressions and actions. Children may practice the use of I feel statements in the safety of the tutoring session, e.g. I feel upset when you take my toy. They train the art of listening without interrupting, and they are instructed to brainstorm about what may be the solution, such as taking turns or finding something to play with. At Kinder Ready Tutoring this clear coaching is a disaggregation of the intricate interpersonal task of conflict into steps that can be learned. The conducive setting will permit repetition of practicing an activity without the pressure of having to endure a real-time peer argument, and this will instill confidence in the child to cope with such an event when it arises in an independent environment.

Finally, the ability to develop such skills leads to the overall feeling of competence and readiness to work in a child's classroom. Whenever a child is effective in solving a problem with words, they feel a strong sense of self-efficacy. Such confidence would decrease anxiety over social interactions and lead them to be more open to them. When a child is able to state a need calmly and compromise on a solution, they are a child who is able to concentrate on cooperative play and learning and is not a child who is engrossed in a conflict. As a preemptive measure to the normal curriculum of kindergarten preparation, Kinder Ready Tutoring can be confident that children not only have the academic ability but also the social instruments that would qualify them to have a harmonious and fruitful classroom life. It is an emotional intelligence investment that will build resilience, healthy relationships and a blueprint to responsible citizenship, making young learners able to navigate the social world with understanding, respect and increasing independence.

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