Child Dev 1.7 LEARN: D.E. 2025 by

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As a child grows, she or he will show a progression of skills in the domains

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Today we will focus on the SOCIAL domain

Social Development

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Social development includes children learning how to interact with others and build relationships.

Social Development

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Children learn to respond to others' feelings, to take turns, and to care for others. Cooperation, negotiation, and helping others are also aspects of social development.

0-12 months

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Interacts with adults

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For example, smiles, returns gaze, stretches out arms to be picked up

Watches peers

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Prefers human faces to inanimate objects

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Imitates facial expressions

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Forms relationships with familiar adults

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For example, by examining objects together

Plays simple turn-taking games

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For example peekaboo

Infant keeps connections with familiar adults across a space using gestures and noises

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Laughs

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for example at a funny face.

Maintains eye contact with familiar people

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Kinaluu? Naugli?

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How do you play "peekaboo" with babies in your community?

13 months to 2 years

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Shares attention with others

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for example points to a dog and looks to a caregiver to make sure they see it too

Engages in pretend play

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example taking care of dolls

Observes and imitates peers

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Offers toys to others

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Shows signs of empathy and care for others

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For example, hugs a crying friend

Engages in short group activities

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For example, Circle time

Copies adults and older children

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Plays in proximity to peers with similar toys

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Begins to assert independence

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For example saying "mine"

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This image was taken from page 2.9.-2.10 in the Ilinniarniq Pinnguarnikkut resource binder ** Copies should be in your daycare centres

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND AGES.

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Infants 0-12months start bonding with care givers through eye contact, play, trying to grap and object, smiling, and responding to voices they enjoy simple games like pick a booo, they begin to show emotions and attachment to family. TODDLERS. 1-3years become more independent and can play along side or with other children.They begin to imitate others ,learn to share,and start expressing emotions. My responsibility as a care givers is to support social development by talking,playing,teaching positive social behaviours. They learn to become more friendly and attach with their teachers , express how the enjoy or could get board at an anytime. They fill free to ask for their demands e.g food and water , toys and activities that they like doing. GLORY