Social Relationships - Social and Emotional Development: Ages 3-5
Source: State: Nebraska Department of Education
Topics: Early Years (Birth-5), Help Your Child Make Friends, Social and Emotional (Ages 3-5), Social Development
Topics: Early Years (Birth-5), Help Your Child Make Friends, Social and Emotional (Ages 3-5), Social Development
Widely Held Expectations
- Child interacts empathetically and cooperatively with adults and peers
- Receives social support and shows loyalty to a friend
- Solves problems with other children independently
- Shows awareness of and responds to the feelings of others
- Knows how to join a group of playing children
Learning in Action: Examples
The Child
- Uses words to express anger, such as “I don’t like it when you push me!” or “That makes me mad!”
- Responds to adults’ questions
- Notices who is absent from circle time and asks about it, showing concern for others
- Shares materials and toys with other children
- Develops close friendships with one or two children as well as plays with many children
- Initiates conversations with adults and other children
The Adult
- Provides opportunities for children to develop an awareness of feelings, ideas, and actions of others, such as “Susie looks really happy today!”
- Provides opportunities for children to practice listening and talking with others
- Provides opportunities and support to help children develop relationships with peers and adults
- Explains the power of words, that some words can hurt or can have both positive and negative meanings depending on how they are used
The Environment Includes
- Individual opportunities to discuss appropriate behavior in real situations, as they occur
- Constructive means of physically working off frustration
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