Self-Regulation: National Association For The Education Of Young Children

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Self-Regulation
Eve Lanik
Nebraska Wesleyan University

Self-regulation can be taught and further developed at any point in a human's life. Self-regulation needs to be taught to children on a regular basis so that it becomes a natural thing for children. It is important for children to learn self-regulation early on, but young age is not the only time to develop these skills. Self-regulation is first observed in infants when they learn to self comfort. According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (naeyc)
“Infants begin to regulate arousal and sensory-motor responses even before birth. An infant may suck her thumb after hearing a loud sound, indicating that she is regulating her responses to the …show more content…
Self-regulation is developed over time; the process generally begins in the home through interaction and instruction. Parents tend to teach their children self-regulation automatically. For example, when an infant cries after dropping his or her toy a parent may say something along the lines of “Oh, sweetheart, are you sad that you dropped your ball?” by doing this, parents are teaching their children to put a name to their emotions. Teaching children how to identify their emotions is beneficial because if they can identify their emotion, they can better control it. As children age they begin to develop more advanced types of self-regulation: how to behave appropriately in different circumstances, how to follow rules, and how to control emotion. According to the Journal of Educational Psychology, “Appropriateness, timing, and pacing of mothers’ instructions to their children during problem-solving tasks before the children’s entrance into kindergarten predicted teacher’s ratings of children’s behavior control and academic competence in kindergarten and first grade” (Stright, Neitzel, Sears, & Hoke-Sinex, 2001). Students are better prepared for school when they develop more advanced self-regulation skills. It is said that self-regulation is best learned through …show more content…
Scaffolding is made up of three different teaching strategies: modeling, hinting and using cues, and slowly reducing adult aid. Modeling is the most common strategy. Parents normally teach through modeling anyway and children naturally imitate those around them so this strategy is successful. In school, modeling can be used to teach many different self-regulatory skills to students. First, students can be taught appropriate school conduct through watching their teachers actions and responses to different stimuli. Teachers can use hinting and cueing as part of their instruction in order to guide students to make appropriate choices and help the when they are frustrated. The third strategy, reducing teacher aid can be used to slowly teach students to be independent without causing them stress by forcing them to carry out a task alone right away. This is important especially when children are young because it will give them confidence and motivation to do their work. (COME BACK TO
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