Self awareness is about finding your identity, identifying emotions, a growth mindset and having a sense of purpose.
With my little readers, I try to instill in them those three main things. First, littles have a hard time identifying their feelings so that alone is a teaching moment as things arise. As for reading, obviously the littles are coming to me because they haven't quite mastered the code of reading, but I try to instill that I am so excited to have them and together we watch them "grow" to be great readers, while giving them a sense of purpose - and making sure they feel loved, and worthy.
With my little readers, I try to instill in them those three main things. First, littles have a hard time identifying their feelings so that alone is a teaching moment as things arise. As for reading, obviously the littles are coming to me because they haven't quite mastered the code of reading, but I try to instill that I am so excited to have them and together we watch them "grow" to be great readers, while giving them a sense of purpose - and making sure they feel loved, and worthy.