Seven Skills for School Success: Activities to Develop Social and Emotional Intelligence in Young Children

Winner of the National Parenting Publications Award.

What do children need to learn first? Their ABCs? Their numbers? As it turns out, the “what children need to develop is their social intelligence and emotional intelligence, the essential building blocks for all future learning. Best-selling author Pam Schiller provides information, activities, and experiences that develop the seven skills children need in order to become successful learners. These include social intelligence skills, such as relating to and playing with others, as well as emotional intelligence skills, such as expressing feelings and understanding how others feel. Strengthen the foundation children need to become successful learners with the seven skills in this practical, easy-to-use book!

Pam Schiller, Ph.D., is an early childhood author, consultant, and highly sought after speaker. She has written numerous articles for early childhood journals, including Child Care Information Exchange and Texas Child Care Quarterly. Pam is the author of five early childhood curriculums, eleven children's books and more than 30 teacher and parent resource books.