A couple others, just to put it in context, were things like gratitude and happiness and hope and grit and a growth mindset. And positive psychology basically was a reaction against traditional psychology, which used the medical model in which they looked at the deficits a person had – what’s wrong with him – and then they try to fix it.Īnd positive psychology took the stance of instead of looking at what’s wrong with people, let’s look at what’s right with people and try to enhance it and give them better lives. Seligman, he’s one of the co-founders of positive psychology that started back in the 80s and 90s. Well, I’ll start off and tell you the inspiration for me started about a dozen years ago when I read a book called Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman. Let’s start off, Derry and Laura, learning a bit more about what was the inspiration behind this book. Sounds like a really cool subject that I’m keen to learn more about and I hope you are too. They are the co-authors of the book Making Lemonade: Teaching Young Children to Think Optimistically. So we’re lucky today to have on the show Laura Colker and Derry Koralek. It’ll change their lives outside of the classroom and it’ll also change their lives within the classroom.ĭerry and Laura, welcome to the Preschool Podcast! It helps immensely if the teachers are so committed to this that they make sure that they know how to be optimistic thinkers as well. They share their passion for the subject and some practical activities that educators can incorporate into their routines. We had the opportunity to chat with Laura Colker and Derry Koralek, co-authors of the book, about their belief that learned optimism is key to helping young children grow into healthy and well-rounded individuals. Check all episodes of The Preschool PodcastĮpisode 157 –Making Lemonade is a book that teaches optimistic thinking in an early learning context.
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