FALL 2024 RELEASE: Peacemaking with Preschoolers: Conflict Resolution to Promote Emotional Mastery and Harmonious Classrooms by Enrico Gnaulati, PhD, Susan North, and Heather Malley
 
Conflicts in the classroom and on the playground can be a serious challenge for teachers of preschool-age children. But these very same conflicts provide vivid, teachable moments to help advance students’ social emotional learning, emotional regulation, self-advocacy, and empathy for peers. Mediation is the key – and it's something not usually taught in teacher education programs. 
 
This research-backed book provides the 3-step process that early care professionals can practice to help children gain capacity and ownership in conflict resolution. It's packed with practical examples to help teachers expand their mediation practice with children. The book also promotes a play-based approach. The research cited tells us that young children learn best through play, and a play-based curriculum offers the richest opportunities for children to develop their social-emotional capacities, including conflict resolution.