SPOTLIGHT: Cozy Corners at Life Kids Guilderland

The directors at Life Kids Guilderland are passionate about supporting children’s social-emotional development. On January 7, they invited Brightside Up’s Jessica Orellana to stop by and teach them how to create cozy corners.

A cozy corner is a physical space that serves as a strategy for building self-regulation, the ability to understand and express feelings and react pro-socially. In the workshop, participants identified the key components of self-regulation through hands-on experience with cozy corner tools and created positively stated rules for the area. The staff worked very hard to set up two cozy corners for the wide age-range of children. Thanks to the Community Foundation Grant, 60 children now have two brand new cozy corner spaces equipped with materials such as kinetic sand, solution cards, breathing visuals, timers, and social-emotional books. We can’t wait to hear what the children think.

Do you have a cozy corner in your program or classroom? Send us pictures and you could be in a future Spotlight! Email ksmith@brightsideup.org