In this session: Participants will understand the importance of teaching social-emotional skills to young children. Participants will receive information on how to use culturally responsive practices and including families when teaching social-emotional skills to young children. Participants will identify and know how to teach the social-emotional skills that are taught in a Pyramid Model classroom—Friendship Skills, Emotional Literacy, Self- Regulation, and Problem-Solving Skills. Participants will gain an understanding of the Stages of Learning and how they relate to teaching new skills to young children.