Resilience in the Preschooler Classroom

Abstract

The focus of this article is the importance of resilience for preschoolers, which is an important quality for human life to help young children live happy lives. Children with a resilient shield will be able to handle problems by using appropriate social and emotion skills and problem solving abilities to help them overcome obstacles. Preschooler teachers play a role in promoting resilience in children at this age; thus, they should follow important guidelines of teachers to promote resilience in the classrooms including (1) creating a learning atmosphere in the classroom consisting of an environment that encourages children to feel secure, safe, confidence, self-esteem and trustful, as feelings are an important part of the classroom and vital to having good interaction with others; and, (2) learning management is an activity or experience that enhances social skills and emotional management of children through play and various actions, create positive values, and thus encourages children to have new experiences, real self-awareness, awareness of positive and negative impacts, create an agreement and strive to comply with established agreements,  and obtain skills to deal with various challenges.