Teaching preschoolers to resolve conflict is an important social skill for students to acquire. With Everyday Speech’s Handling Conflict with Friends lesson, students can learn to handle conflict in a simple, step-by-step process so that sound decisions can be made with others’ feelings in mind. To teach your next preschool lesson on conflict resolution make sure to download this free conflict resolution PDF for preschool students!
Teaching Preschoolers to Resolve Conflict
Conflicts can arise often for children with weaknesses in perspective-taking, self-regulation, and problem-solving. For preschool learners, the focus is on teaching students to know when and how to apologize to classmates and friends when conflict arises.
Lesson Plan – Using Your Resolving Conflict PDF
1. Teach the Concept of Conflict Resolution
Start by teaching your preschool students that sometimes disagreements between friends and classmates occur. When students make a mistake or upset their friends, they say sorry. This lesson teaches learners that caring about their friends and feelings is important.
2. Practice Saying, “I’m sorry”
Have your preschool students practice apologizing to others by taking turns using a few role-play scenarios. Break down the skill into three steps:
- Say “I’m sorry”
- Say why you are sorry
- Show that you care
3. Use Our Free Conflict Resolution PDF
Our free conflict resolution PDF is our “Saying Sorry” worksheet! Download, print, and use this worksheet with your preschool learners to teach and reinforce the concept of apologizing when conflict arises between classmates and friends.
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