Helping children develop self-regulation skills is similar to helping children learn to read, count,or ride a bike.
Effective teacher suse a variety ofstrategies to bridge the development alspace between what children already know and can do and more complex skills and knowledge. Threeteaching strategiesare critical for scaffoldingchildren’s
development of selfregulation:modeling,using hints andcues, and graduallywithdrawing adultsupport. Melissaused all three in herinteractions withLucy and Tricia.