“If you’re scared, that’s okay. Sometimes, I feel scared too,” Lauren Becker said to her pre-k class. “What could we do if a friend feels scared?”
Children have always needed to learn resiliency skills to navigate through life. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, awareness has been heightened on how changes could be affecting the younger children. Becker is a lead teacher for one of LVCC’s Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts classes located in Easton. Her class is reading books and having conversations to help them express their feelings.
Her lesson plans are a part of professional development that LVCC’s PA Pre-K Counts teachers received through the Penn State Extension. The training centered on becoming more effective in building resiliency in young children through characters in children’s books.