The Melodies Social and Emotional Life Readiness Lessons
Social and Emotional
"What makes some people more successful in work and life than others? IQ and work ethic are important, but they don't tell the whole story. Our emotional intelligence -- the way we manage emotions, both our own and those of others -- can play a critical role in determining our happiness and success.
We spend so much time getting our children ready for academics and the tests in school, but what about the tests in life? Social and emotional education help kids prepare for life! The Melodies has 12 Life Readiness Lessons to help kids prepare for life, and learning.
Plato said that all learning has some emotional basis, and he may be right. The way we interact with and regulate our emotions has repercussions in nearly every aspect of our lives. To put it in colloquial terms, emotional intelligence (EQ) is like "street smarts," as opposed to "book smarts," and it's what accounts for a great deal of one's ability to navigate life effectively.
"What having emotional intelligence looks like is that you're confident, good at working towards your goals, adaptable and flexible. You recover quickly from stress and you're resilient," Daniel Goleman, psychologist and author of Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, tells The Huffington Post. "Life goes much more smoothly if you have good emotional intelligence."
The five components of emotional intelligence, as defined by Goleman, are self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, social skills and empathy."
We spend so much time getting our children ready for academics and the tests in school, but what about the tests in life? Social and emotional education help kids prepare for life! The Melodies has 12 Life Readiness Lessons to help kids prepare for life, and learning.
Plato said that all learning has some emotional basis, and he may be right. The way we interact with and regulate our emotions has repercussions in nearly every aspect of our lives. To put it in colloquial terms, emotional intelligence (EQ) is like "street smarts," as opposed to "book smarts," and it's what accounts for a great deal of one's ability to navigate life effectively.
"What having emotional intelligence looks like is that you're confident, good at working towards your goals, adaptable and flexible. You recover quickly from stress and you're resilient," Daniel Goleman, psychologist and author of Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, tells The Huffington Post. "Life goes much more smoothly if you have good emotional intelligence."
The five components of emotional intelligence, as defined by Goleman, are self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, social skills and empathy."
Taken from the article: How Emotionally Intelligent Are You? Here's How To Tell by Carolyn Gregoire,
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/are-you-emotionally-intel_n_4371920.html?icid=maing-grid7|ipad|dl6|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D415893&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/are-you-emotionally-intel_n_4371920.html?icid=maing-grid7|ipad|dl6|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D415893&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
The Melodies Brings Harmony to the Home
by teaching Life Readiness with Social and Emotional Skills
The Melodies: Harmonies for Preschoolers teaches social and emotional skills through life readiness lessons based on meditative principles, allowing for even a three year old to begin to understand their own emotional body and how to relate to others in a positive, healthy and sociable way. Each Melody song teaches valuable lessons crucial to Social and Emotional development.
The Melodies are songs to remember!
The Melodies are songs to remember!
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Walk Like the Elephant
- Self-Control - Body Awareness |
Namaste Numbers
- Self-Control - Conflict Resolution |
Rainbow Song
- Nature Appreciation - Awareness – of self and the world |
Music is Poetry to Me
- How stimulation affects emotions - Body awareness |
The Thank You Song
- Relationship building - Emotional bonding |
Tree Song - Grounding Emotions - Self- Regulation |
Feelings
- Feeling Feelings - Empathy |
Can You Be a Butterfly
- Using our senses - Imagination |
Expression
- Mistakes are good! - Self- Expression |
A Love Song
- Self-esteem - Self- Worth -Conflict Resolution |
This Little Bird
-Body control - Self- control |
How High Can You Fly?
- Self-control - Body awareness |
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More info and links to the importance of social and emotional intelligence:
PBS - Child Development Tracker
3-4 years old Social and Emotional
http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopmenttracker/three/socialandemotionalgrowth.html
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/index.html
"Children who can better cope with frustrations and challenges are more likely to think of themselves as successful, valuable, and good, which will lead to a higher self-esteem. In contrast, children who become easily frustrated and discouraged, often quit or need extra assistance to complete a task. These children may have lower self-esteem if they start to believe that they can't be successful and aren't valuable."
Grace Point Wellness
http://www.gracepointwellness.org/462-child-development-and-parenting-early-childhood/article/12766-early-childhood-emotional-and-social-development-identity-and-self-esteem
"The ability to express and control our own emotions is important, but so is our ability to understand, interpret, and respond to the emotions of others. Imagine a world where you couldn't understand when a friend was feeling sad or when a co-worker was angry. Psychologists refer to this ability as emotional intelligence, and some experts even suggest that it can be more important than IQ."
What Is Emotional Intelligence? By Kendra Cherry
http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/emotionalintell.htm
PBS - Child Development Tracker
3-4 years old Social and Emotional
http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopmenttracker/three/socialandemotionalgrowth.html
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/index.html
"Children who can better cope with frustrations and challenges are more likely to think of themselves as successful, valuable, and good, which will lead to a higher self-esteem. In contrast, children who become easily frustrated and discouraged, often quit or need extra assistance to complete a task. These children may have lower self-esteem if they start to believe that they can't be successful and aren't valuable."
Grace Point Wellness
http://www.gracepointwellness.org/462-child-development-and-parenting-early-childhood/article/12766-early-childhood-emotional-and-social-development-identity-and-self-esteem
"The ability to express and control our own emotions is important, but so is our ability to understand, interpret, and respond to the emotions of others. Imagine a world where you couldn't understand when a friend was feeling sad or when a co-worker was angry. Psychologists refer to this ability as emotional intelligence, and some experts even suggest that it can be more important than IQ."
What Is Emotional Intelligence? By Kendra Cherry
http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/emotionalintell.htm