Building Emotional Intelligence: Techniques to Cultivate Inner Resilience in Children

Now available to the public for the first time, here are Lantieri's proven techniques arranged according to age group, complemented by a spoken-word CD with exercises presented by Goleman.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction by Daniel Goleman 1

Chapter 1 Building Inner Preparedness 5

Chapter 2 Preparing to Teach Children Exercises to Calm the Body and Focus the Mind 21

Chapter 3 Exercises to Calm the Body and Focus the Mind for Five- to Seven-Year-Olds 39

Chapter 4 Exercises to Calm the Body and Focus the Mind for Eight- to Eleven-Year-Olds 65

Chapter 5 Exercises to Calm the Body and Focus the Mind for Twelve-Year-Olds and Up 97

Chapter 6 Preparing Children to Lead Us into the Twenty-First Century 135

Materials Checklist 143

Resources for Further Explanation of the Topics Presented 145

Notes 151