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Early Years Education Foundations

  • Emotions & Feelings
  • Molly Potter
  • 2 Hours
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Unqualified Professionals

Duration

2 Hours

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1 Files

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9 Videos

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Description

In recent years, there’s considerable evidence that children’s behaviour has become more challenging. While this is not surprising considering the emotional stress parents/carers and their children have been under in the past few years, we might still find ourselves managing their behaviour in the same ways as we have always done (and possibly even as our parents did)! Managing children’s behaviour in an emotionally intelligent way is not only more supportive, more nurturing and promotes wellbeing, it tackles more effectively the ‘back story’ of any behaviour. With a mixture of theory and practical tools, this training is suitable for teachers (especially from nursery to Year 6) and parent/carers of primary aged children.

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Lesson Content

1. Lesson 1 - The Emotion Check-In

01:27

To kick things off Molly takes us through an 'emotion check-in' to help you tune into your current emotions, as well as, presenting you with a real example of how we can help children to relate to and talk about their emotions, and how they feel.

2. Lesson 2 - What Is Emotional Intelligence

05:00

In this lesson Molly explores Emotional Intelligence, what it means, how we can use it and the benefits it can bring to ourselves and supporting children in the early years.

3. Lesson 3 - Emotionally Unintelligent Behaviours

06:31

Our response to situations and scenarios comes from our Emotional Intelligence and ability to understand the backstory, so what does it look like when we're not very emotionally intelligent and follow our automatic responses?

4. Lesson 4 - The Role Emotional Messaging Plays In Society

05:19

In our logical world we might like to pretend that we only address things with a completely logical mind with no emotional impact happening anywhere what so ever, but this really is not a reality. Emotional messaging, such as stigmas in society around gender, have a huge impact on how we behave and how we think we should behave. In this lesson Molly dives into some of these examples, as well as, some of the key messaging we should be looking out for in the early years.

5. Lesson 5 - The Benefits Of Emotional Intelligence

05:16

In this lesson Molly runs through the many benefits of having emotional intelligence and we can use emotional intelligence to our advantage during life and the challenges we come up against.

6. Lesson 6 - What Our Emotions Are Telling us And How We Interpret Them

10:51

A big step forward in developing strong emotional intelligence is being able to understand what our emotions are telling us and the ways in which we interpret them to form a response or behaviour. In this lesson we delve into what our emotions are telling us and ways in which we can interpret them.

7. Lesson 7 - Recognising Our Emotions Early

06:33

Recognising your emotions early is a vital component towards emotional intelligence, though it's a lot easier to say than actually do! Failure to control your initial response leaves you vulnerable to your own impulsive emotional response. So how do we learn to control these initial reactions?

8. Lesson 8 - Teaching Children Emotional Intelligence & Being A Good Role Model

15:16

In our final lesson Molly lays out how we can best teach children emotional intelligence, including the importance of doing what we preach and modelling emotional intelligence when the opportunity arises.

9. Lesson 9 - What Children's Emotions Are Telling Us

05:03

In this final lesson Molly signs off by exploring what children's emotions are telling us and how behaviour is actually a form of communication.

Meet your teacher

I live in the fine city of Norwich with my reasonably well-trained husband. I have two grown up children who manage my over-excitability extremely well! I love travelling, learning, reading, yoga, fiddle playing, papier mâché, being outdoors – especially cycling, laughing and mischief! I have worked for 30 years in education - firstly in mainstream schools, then as a PSHE advisor (with a special focus on RSE) and then in a pupil referral unit (PRU) with children who struggle to regulate both their emotions and behaviour. I always had an interest in self-esteem development, attachment, childhood trauma and personality theories, but this accelerated during my time at the PRU as I collected more and more understanding and tools to help the children learn to feel secure and regulate. The understanding of how our very early years environment programmes us for survival within it, and how this doesn't always serve us well in the long run, has become more greatly understood in the last couple of decades. It helps you realise that healthy, caring relationships with very attuned and present adult, trumps all when it comes to moulding children's behaviour positively. I recently completed a qualification in person-centred approaches which tied up much of what I have learnt over the years in a neat bundle of understanding!

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Having The Early Years Network at our fingertips has completely changed the way we develop our staff members. The platform allows me to inspire staff to follow their own individual passions through easy and accessible training.

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Are all the Network Classes included in my monthly price?

Regardless if you are a standard user or a corporate user, your membership grants you access to our entire collection of Network Classes so you can begin your educational journey with us today without any limitations.

Are there quizzes on the platform?

The Early Years Network is all about meaningful learning that will transform the way you interact with and educate young children, not attempting to fill your head with information for the sake of a quick superficial quiz.

Are videos available in different languages?

Unfortunately for the time being videos are only available in English, but maybe one day...

Can I access The Early Years Network if I don't have an early years qualification?

YES! Content on The Early Years Network has been created for people interested in early years regardless of age, experience or academic background. We have something for everyone whether you are a childminder, parent/carer or an early years professional.

Can I download the videos?

No, all videos are only accessible to stream online and require an internet connection in order to access the platform and watch the content.

Can I only access The Early Years Network on a computer?

Absolutely not, The Early Years Network has been optimised to be used on any device from your mobile phone to your tablet! Our flexible approach to learning embraces any and all types of device so you can learn anytime, anywhere!

Is The Early Network an accredited institution?

Whilst The Early Years Network is not an accredited body we do offer skill-based learning helping people transform knowledge and theory into meaningful change and improvement to their practice, environments and curriculum. Our Network Courses are created and hosted by leading experts within their academic fields, and upon completion of each course learners will be provided with a certificate to evidence their achievement.

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Of course not! You're free to cancel your membership whenever you like.

What is The Early Years Network?

We are a learning and development platform dedicated to the magical world of early years! We cover a wide range of topics, from child brain development to the importance of safeguarding and child wellbeing, through high-quality and immersive video content.

What subjects are covered on The Early Years Network?

We cover everything Early Years from ‘Cognitive Development Theories’, to the science behind play and even how to build the best rocket ship out of cardboard (you won't want to miss that video!). If you can think of a topic in early years we've probably got a video on it!

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