Published May 31, 2013 | 
I was introduced to this great Canadian Website called CSRI-Canadian Self-Regulation Initiative. It is sponsored by the governments of Ontario, BC, and the Yukon.
There are a variety of articles, Webinars, videos, and resources around self-regulation and health. I have highlighted a few items that are very applicable for the Kindergarten Classroom.
PDF download, on a Self-Regulation Booklet by Stuart Shanker
“There is agrowing interest, and debate, about the ways in which our development, our brains, our behaviour and our attitudes are connected. Importantly self-regulation has been identified as a key factor in wellbeing, learning and development. Dr Stuart Shanker provides us with a discussion of his research in this area and the implications this has for supporting the development of children in general and the applications to learning environments.”
http://www.self-regulation.ca/download/pdf(2)/magforbooklet.pdf
A webinar on self-regulation – “From Rules to Relationships – Exploring the Connection Between Classroom Practice and Self-Regulation”. This features an ECE and Teacher from Kenora in NorthWestern Ontario.
Published January 16, 2012 | 
Today I demonstrated how to conduct a simple survey to our Early Learning Kindergarten class. I drew 2 columns, each with 10 squares in it. At the bottom of one column, I had a smiley face. At the bottom of the other, I drew a sad face. At the top of the page, I drew an ice cream cone. I asked the children who liked ice cream, and then wrote their names in the boxes. Once I had both columns with some names in them (there was only one in the “don’t like” column!), I asked if more people liked ice cream or didn’t like ice cream. We reviewed the concept of more/less.
I printed off some copies of the survey and put them in the math centre with some clipboards and pencils. I told the students they could do surveys anytime they chose to. Some surveys had pictures of ice creams, some had pictures of pizza and some had pictures of spiders. This gave the children the ability to choose which one they wished to do. I also showed the children how to make a checkmark, or an “x” in the squares. This gave them the option of completing a survey more easily if a child wasn’t ready to print other students’ names.
The children enjoyed going around the room and asking their friends questions. This activity also gave some of the more quiet, and shy students an opportunity to approach more children and practise their social skills.
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early learning, kindergarten, less, math centre, more, social skills, surveys | 
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