2-hour preschool SEL professional development workshop that gives teachers playful, practical rituals they can use the next day.

Big feelings, challenging behaviors, and tricky transitions are part of preschool life.

This 2-hour professional development workshop gives early childhood educators simple, playful SEL rituals they can use throughout the school day to help children feel safe, connected, and ready to learn.

Teachers will learn how to use songs, games, visuals, connection rituals, and emotional literacy tools to support children who are acting out, struggling to listen, having frequent meltdowns, or still developing the executive functioning skills needed for group learning.

Instead of adding “one more thing” to the day, this training helps educators weave social-emotional learning into the moments they already have — arrival, circle time, transitions, conflict, cleanup, and calm-down moments.

Make social-emotional learning fun, practical, and doable—starting day one.

What Educators Will Learn

In this 2-hour preschool SEL workshop, educators will learn how to:

• Use playful rituals to strengthen emotional regulation and classroom connection
• Support children through big feelings, tantrums, hitting, grabbing, and not listening
• Build emotional literacy using simple language, visuals, and repetition
• Make transitions smoother with predictable connection-based routines
• Teach children what to do with feelings instead of relying on punishment or repeated reminders
• Create a classroom culture where children feel safe, seen, and ready to participate
• Use everyday preschool moments to build early executive functioning skills

Perfect For

• Preschools
• Early childhood centers
• Childcare programs
• Pre-K classrooms
• Head Start programs
• Montessori and play-based programs
• Faith-based early learning programs
• Family childcare providers
• School districts supporting early childhood educators

Why This Training Matters

Many preschool behaviors adults label as “not listening,” “defiance,” or “acting out” are actually signs that a child is still developing the emotional regulation, impulse control, flexible thinking, and communication skills needed to succeed in a classroom.

Young children learn these skills best through connection, repetition, play, and practice.

This workshop helps educators turn everyday classroom moments into opportunities for social-emotional learning — without shame, blame, or behavior charts.

Workshop Outcomes

After this professional development session, educators will leave with:

• Simple rituals they can use right away to strengthen emotional skills playfully
• A deeper understanding of behavior through the lens of child development
• Practical tools for supporting emotional regulation in preschoolers
• Language for helping children name feelings and make safe choices
• Strategies for smoother transitions, stronger listening, and fewer power struggles
• A positive, strengths-based approach to classroom management