Lead practice in promoting the well-being and resilience in children
Watch this video, which explores some projects and ideas to encourage self-esteem at two primary schools. What ideas does this give you for ways that you could encourage self-esteem in your setting, in ways that are appropriate for the age and stage of development of the children you work with? Click on the right arrow to watch one further video on this topic.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Your child’s self-esteem’ from Kids Health
- 'Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Self-confidence and self-awareness’ by the Early Years Support Service
- 'How to build resilience and perseverance in young children’ from the Famly website
- 'Well-being for children in the EYFS’ written by Stephanie Moriarty from Cache
- 'Well-being in the early years’ from Teach Early Years
- 'Supporting emotional well-being in the early years’ on the Croner-i website
- 'Working together to safeguard children: A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children’ from HM Government
- 'Effective practice: Health and well-being’ from The Early Years Foundation Stage
- 'Overweight children aged 2 to 5’ from the NHS
- 'Promoting and supporting healthy eating in early years settings’ from Action for Children
- 'Influencing healthy eating habits through early years settings’ from UK Health Security Agency
- 'Nurture curiosity to develop efficient learning’ from the Child and Family Blog
- 'Encouraging independence’ on the Teach Early Years website
- 'Social and emotional wellbeing: early years’ from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘What is well-being?'.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on 'How to develop children's self-esteem'.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- This article on ‘The development of self-esteem in children: Systematic review and meta-analysis’ from the International Journal of Psychology and Behavior Analysis in America examines some of the factors that shape self-esteem in children. Read from the ‘Background’ up to ‘Method’ and then read the ‘Conclusion'.
- ‘The role of childcare professionals in supporting mental health and wellbeing in young people: a literature review’ by Ione Inness from PACEY examines the importance of early years and the role of the childcare professional supporting children’s health.
- My Happy Mind is a website that has created some strategies to support young children’s well-being.
- This research by the University of Brighton and BoingBoing examines ‘Resilience approaches to supporting young people’s mental health’. It appraises the evidence base for schools and communities; however, you may find some of the approaches appropriate for use in the early years.
- Click to read more about ‘Identifying low self-esteem thoughts and behaviours’ by Claire Black.
- This article relates to a study from the University of Washington on young children’s self-esteem. From your experience working with children of this age, which elements of the results do you agree or disagree with and why?
- Click to read this advice ‘How can teachers foster self-esteem in children?’ on the Great Schools website on nurturing a student's sense of dignity and self-worth.
- ‘Self-esteem: children 1-8 years’ webpage on the Raising Children website. Click on the icon to the left to read this article.
- Click to read ‘Excellence and Enjoyment: social and emotional aspects of learning’ by the National Strategies. This document was published under a previous government and may not reflect current policy, but much of the guidance is still relevant today.
- Click on the right arrow to watch a video on supporting well-being and mental health.
- Extended Learning
- Think And Challenge
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