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Smile, Take a breath, And Relax
The teachers at BestStart Barrington are currently going through a social-emotional learning programme called conscious discipline. Designed by Dr. Becky Bailey, the programme supports first teaching ourselves about self-control and self-regulation, and then the children. In the preschool we are making it part of our culture by teaching the children how to belly breath using the STAR method (Smile, Take a breath, And Relax) and getting the children up and moving, crossing the body's mid-line, and interacting with their peers during our daily mat time. It brings more oxygen to the brain which makes them concentrate and makes them feel great! The children look forward to this every day and are starting to initiate STAR breathing with their peers if they can see they are angry, frustrated or sad.