Corter – influencing self-regulation

For example playing a game with the child and modeling an appropriate self-regulated role in that game for children so that’s something that early childhood educators can do.  

And there are other forms of programming that can build self-regulation. It’s not as if self-regulation happens on in play. For example research on older school age children shows that martial arts training can be a contributer to the ability to manage and control one’s behaviour and emotions and energy. So, it’s not the only form of influence on self-regulation, but it’s a very powerful one that children can do together quite naturally if we manage it properly.