Helping children develop self-regulationskills is similarto helping childrenlearn to read, count,or ride a bike.
Effective teachersuse a variety ofstrategies to bridgethe developmentalspace betweenwhat childrenalready know and can do and morecomplex skills andknowledge. Threeteaching strategiesare critical for scaffoldingchildren’s
development of selfregulation:modeling,using hints andcues, and graduallywithdrawing adultsupport. Melissaused all three in herinteractions withLucy and Tricia.