Developing resilience early sets the stage for success in school, relationships and life. The Florida Department of Education prioritizes building resiliency for Florida’s children and families by implementing Resiliency Florida, a first-of-its-kind approach to help children develop essential skills like grit, perseverance and problem-solving.
What Is Resilience?
For young children, it means learning to:
- Build positive relationships
- Develop self-awareness and self-regulation
- Make responsible decisions
These skills are part of the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards.
Tips to Build Resilience
- Use words, pictures and stories to help your child name emotions.
- Play games like “Make a Face” and have your child describe the emotion and how to handle it.
- Use kind words and routines.
- Demonstrate and encourage teamwork.
Resources
- Hope Florida Resources – connects parents to helpful options for their family.
- Build Resiliency Reading List – lists books for kids about resiliency.
- CPALMS Resiliency Toolkit – supports the development of resilience.
Get more ideas like this in each Parents’ Pages monthly email.
