Skill in Bloom is a video series designed to keep the trauma-informed skills you explored in Sprouts Professional Development rooted in your daily practice. Each video offers bite-sized tips, a gentle nudge to try a skill during the week, and an invitation to come back and share your reflections.
These brief activities are designed to fit into your daily work and support you, your teams, and the young children and families in your care.
🌱Intentional Observation informs supportive connection.
We invite you to practice the skill of intentional observation.
- Watch this video in English or Spanish!
- Think of a child in your classroom who has experienced some hot moments.
- Find a moment to slow down and intentionally observe this child’s cues during the day.
- Reflection: What did you notice? What did you learn from observing this child’s cues that can help better understand their behavior? (click to share on the SEEDS Early Childhood Professionals Learning Community)
👓Perspective taking allows us to consider a child’s challenging behaviors through a different lens. We invite you to practice the skill of perspective taking in your classroom to help better understand these kinds of behaviors.
- Watch this video in English or Spanish!
- Think of a child in your classroom who engages in behavior that you find challenging or confusing.
- Slow down, put on your reflective spectacles and consider this behavior from the child’s perspective. Why might this behavior make sense from their perspective?
- Reflection: What did you learn from considering this behavior from the child’s perspective and how might it help better understand and respond to their needs? (click to share on the SEEDS Early Childhood Professionals Learning Community)
🧘🏽♀️When we are in a hot moment, it can be tempting to react fast, especially in the classroom. Centering yourself first, or taking a moment to take a breath, can help show our students that calm is possible – even in a hot moment!
- Watch this one-minute video.
- Think of a child in your classroom who experiences hot moments.
- Slow down and pause before you respond to this hot moment. How does centering shape your response, and your connection to this student?
- Reflection: How did slowing down impact your response in this moment and how might it help you to better respond to their needs? (click to share on the SEEDS Early Childhood Professionals Learning Community)