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Good things come in small packages. At least they did for more than 180 early childhood educators in Alaska this summer when they received an Educator Social Emotional Kit from thread<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the COVID-19 pandemic, US Congress set aside funding from the CARES Act for states to support education, including child care and social-emotional support, resulting in the State of Alaska Governor\u2019s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEERF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through GEERF, thread <\/strong>was able to purchase Educator Social Emotional Kits to early educators who had attended previous thread <\/strong>social-emotional trainings and were advancing their early childhood education careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kits contained fidget toys, chewy tubes, timers, and other items that were mailed to nearly 130 early childhood education programs in May. These items were carefully selected to give educators additional tools and resources to help support children, especially during COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social-emotional learning is an integral part of early development as it helps children to develop the self-awareness, self-control, and interpersonal skills that are vital for school, work, and life success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting ready to send 180 Social Emotional kits to early educators statewide!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gratitude wall designed by preschool class at Children\u2019s World Bilingual Montessori Program in Anchorage<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Quiet cubes are safe havens for young children<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the Social Emotional Kits, GEERF also helped supply 13 statewide early education programs with Lakeshore Infant and Preschool Social Emotional Competency Support Kits, and 12 programs with Quiet Cubes, a safe haven for young children to sit quietly, read, or share time with each other. Chosen statewide programs had attended thread\u2019s <\/strong>Infant Toddler Symposium, utilized thread\u2019s<\/strong> individual child consultations (ICC), or participated in the Alaska Inclusive Child Care Program (Alaska IN!), a service that provides supplemental funding to programs caring for children with special needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve wanted on of these to help with high behaviors,\u201d said one early educator who received a Quiet Cube for her program. \u201cThank you so much!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

thread <\/strong>thanks all of Alaska\u2019s early educators for the work they do each day to support children and families each day, especially during these challenging times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27816,"template":"","news_tags":[27,48,29],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37572","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_tags-alaska","news_tags-early-childhood-educators","news_tags-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSaying 'Thank You' with Social Emotional Support - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/saying-thank-you-with-social-emotional-support-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saying 'Thank You' with Social Emotional Support - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Good things come in small packages. 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