Aimee Currier 

A few years into my time as a Kindergarten teacher, I realized it was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain order in my classroom. In taking a deeper look at the day-to-day activities, I came to the realization that the children in the class were struggling with some basic social-emotional skills. This was causing disruption, preventing me from teaching, and preventing much of the class from learning. Some of the struggles the children were facing, and the solutions I came up with, follow.