CONTRIBUTIONS OF EARLY EDUCATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF PRESCHOOLERS
CONTRIBUTIONS OF EARLY EDUCATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF PRESCHOOLERS

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to highlight the importance of developing emotional intelligence in preschoolers. Issues addressed in the concept of emotional intelligence include: expressing emotions, understanding emotions, managing emotions and their importance in the child's development. We also emphasize the role of attachment in the relationship between child and caregiver, as an essential element of education and emotionally healthy development. The paper also indicates that caregivers influence children's emotional development, representing for them a model, a "coach", of preschoolers' responses and behaviors. For educators, it is presented how they can perceive and process in a social context, the affective manifestations, the negotiation skills and the expectations of the children, with whom they interact in kindergarten. Thus, the first aspect of this paper refers to previous studies in the literature on the development of emotional intelligence, such as expressing emotions, understanding and managing them, the second aspect presents the role and implications of the child-educator relationship in the emotional development of preschoolers. suggests strategies to promote emotional development in preschoolers. The conclusions point out that it is important that during early education, teachers identify children at risk of emotional development retardation and learn to properly recognize and manage the problems of these preschoolers in the stages of developing emotional skills.

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