Social Awareness_ What is it and How to Build it (last of three vids)

Self-Awareness

• Self-awareness is understanding your own emotions, thoughts, and values
• It's about understanding what's happening in your mind and body
• It helps with self-management, self-regulation, and coping with difficult emotions
• Mr. Rogers emphasizes that feeling a range of emotions is okay

Supporting Self-Awareness in Students

• Teach, model, and reinforce that having emotions is natural
• Use the SIFT strategy to help students understand themselves:
  • Sensations: How your body feels
  • Images: What you picture in your mind
  • Feelings: What emotions you're experiencing
  • Thoughts: What you're thinking

Social Awareness

• Social awareness is understanding others' perspectives and empathizing with them.
• Empathy is like a muscle that gets stronger with practice.

Building Social Awareness in Students

• Practice empathy by asking "How do you think they're feeling?".
• Use empathy questions with characters in books, movies, shows, and real life.
• Encourage gratitude, which can improve mental health and well-being
• Practice gratitude activities once a week, such as writing, drawing, or sculpting something you're grateful for.

Tips For Teachers

• Share the video with families of students.
• Incorporate self-awareness and social awareness strategies into classrooms.
• Use gratitude exercises in classrooms, especially on Fridays.

Self-Awareness

• Understanding your own emotions, thoughts, and values is known as self-awareness.
• Self-awareness helps you understand what's going on in your mind and body.
• It aids in self-management, self-regulation, and navigating difficult emotions.
• Mr. Rogers emphasizes that experiencing a range of emotions is normal and okay.

Supporting Self-Awareness in Students

• Model and teach that having emotions is a natural human experience.
• The SIFT strategy guides students to understand themselves:
  • Sensations: How your body feels.
  • Images: What you visualize in your mind.
  • Feelings: The emotions you are experiencing.
  • Thoughts: What thoughts are going through your mind.

Social Awareness

• Social awareness involves comprehending others' viewpoints and empathizing with them.
• Empathy is like a muscle that gets stronger with practice.

Building Social Awareness in Students

• Practice empathy by asking "How do you think they're feeling?"
• Use empathy questions related to characters in books, movies, shows, and real-life scenarios.
• Encourage gratitude, which contributes to improved mental health and well-being.
• Implement gratitude practices once a week, such as writing, drawing, or sculpting something you are grateful for.

Tips for Teachers

• Share the video with the families of students.
• Integrate self-awareness and social awareness strategies into classroom routines.
• Utilize gratitude exercises in classrooms, particularly on Fridays.

This quiz explores the concepts of self-awareness and social awareness in students. It covers strategies for teaching emotional understanding and empathy, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and managing one's own emotions as well as those of others. Learn to apply the SIFT strategy to enhance self-awareness and foster empathy in educational settings.