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The practitioner helps supports the baby by creating games and opportunities inside and outside and challenging them to achieve different outcomes. As babies develop really quickly.

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Social and emotional development in a toddler

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Social and emotional development in a toddler

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Social and emotional development for a toddler is a crucial phase where they begin to understand themselves and their relationships with others. During this time, toddlers learn to express their emotions, such as happiness, anger and frustration often through both verbal and non-verbal cues. They start to form attachments to caregivers and peers which helps them develop trust and security. Play is a significant aspect of this development as it allows toddlers to practice social skills like sharing taking turns and cooperating with others. Additionally, they begin to recognize and respond to the emotions of those around them, laying the foundation for empathy and more complex social interactions as they grow. Overall, this stage is vital for building the emotional intelligence and social skills that toddlers will carry into later childhood and beyond.

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Practitioners in an Early Years setting can use pillows and soft items to help support a baby that is learning to sit as it helps to strengthen muscles to allow independent sitting. They can also use push and pull toys to help with walking and crawling along with stacking blocks to encourage their fine motor skills. This can also be helped with musical instruments and pretend cooking items. Climbing and crawling over variety of structures can also encourage motor development.

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Children start to recognise patterns, and start to read/write and speak. Practitioners such as Teaching Assistants can help children by supporting with their reading and writing, they may need to do one-one with the child.

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At the age range of 6-7, children experience significant social and emotional development. They begin to form stronger and more complex relationships with peers. This is a period where they start to understand and manage their emotions better, developing the ability to see things from another person's perspective. They also become more aware of social norms and expectations, which influences their behavior in group settings. During this stage, children are learning to cooperate, share, and resolve issues.

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A practitioner can support a baby with cognitive skills by creating an enriching environment which provides a range of different activities that challenge the different cognitive skills like puzzles, building blocks and interactive games.

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As a practitioner you could support the child by doing some activities such as encourage them to build a tower. You could also play games like follow the leader or roll a ball to each other so that they can explore things around them. They woukd also love to go on some little bikes.

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Practitioners can help with children’s cognitive development by exploring and discovering. Children should have been provided with the opportunity to engage in activities that promotes the different area of learning. Activities that can encourage this: reading, story telling, outdoor play, puzzle and telling jokes.

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Cognitive development in toddlers is a crucial phase where they begin to understand the world around them. Practitioners can help children progress in their thinking, problem solving and language skills. Practitioners will notice that children will start to recognise patterns, categorise objects and engage in imaginative play

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Social and emotional development in babies is a big part of their growth, as it sets the foundation for future relationships and emotional well-being. From birth babies form attachments with their main guardian (usually their mum) which is needed for their sense of safety. As they grow, they start to recognize and respond to social cues such as smiles and facial expressions, which helps them learn about emotions. Around six months, babies often exhibit social behaviors like smiling at familiar faces and can act scared around strangers. By their first year, they develop a sense of self and begin to express emotions such as joy, anger, and frustration. This early social and emotional development is essential for fostering empathy, communication skills, and the ability to form healthy relationships later in life.

Practitioners can support babies throughout their social and emotional development in many ways. First, creating a nurturing and safe environment is necessary as it helps babies feel secure and encourages them to explore their surroundings. Responsive caregiving is also critical; when practitioners consistently respond to a baby's needs, it fosters trust and attachment. Engaging in face to face interactions, such as talking, singing, and making eye contact, allows babies to learn about emotions and social cues. Additionally, providing opportunities for social interactions with peers can help babies develop important social skills, such as sharing and taking turns. Practitioners can also model positive emotional expressions and teach babies how to express their feelings appropriately, laying the groundwork for healthy emotional development as they grow.

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Children go from being able to walk up stairs, kick a ball and draw simple strokes to being able to do basic tumbling and draw rough figures of people and other recognisable objects. By the age of 5, most children can dress and write some lower case and capital letters. In order to support the children during this age range in their physical development, nurseries and pre-schools should offer a mark making area and take the children outside to complete other physical activities.

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School aged children will begin to see an improvement in their motor skills as they get older they will have better control coordination and balance.

Practitioners can support them by planning fun indoor and outdoor activities. Teachers should plan activities to better their core strength, stability, balance, and spacial awareness.

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Teachers and TA's can support children aged 6 to 12 by having activities available where children can interact alot with objects to help develop their thinking abilities and enabling them to learn and think independantly. One example of these activities would be a matching game to help them think and interact to help them develop.