Social and Emotional Development
Ways children go about interacting with others and increasing their awareness of themselves, others, and emotions.
5 Materials that can be used: Bilingual Emotions Dolls, Children with Differing Abilities, All Kinds of Families Puzzles, Social-Emotional Board Book Collection, and mirrors of differing sizes.
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Planning Form
Name of Activity
Who’s in Your Family?
Originating Idea
Children sign or say their names and/or people in their family
Curriculum Area
B. Social and Emotional Development
4. Distinguishing self and others: children distinguish themselves from others
Materials
Laminated photos of each child’s family (immediate and extended if able)
Appropriate Age group:
Infants and toddlers
Beginning of Activity
Children practice labeling the members of their families
Middle of Activity
Your ideas for scaffolding children at different developmental levels
Early:
Children will put their family pictures in their mouths to explore the taste and texture of the photos.
Middle:
Children will point out themselves and or different people in the pictures of their families.
Later:
Children will point to, sign, and or say their name and the name (mom, dad, sister, brother, dog, etc.) of each person in their family picture.
End of Activity
Sing the classroom clean-up song while assisting the children in cleaning up and putting the family pictures back on the wall or album from which they came.
Follow-up Ideas
Children will learn and label themselves as well as their siblings and or pets by their actual names, not just generalized terms (for example Sam’s older brother is Dean, and the family dog is Miracle).
2
Planning Form
Name of Activity
Car Maze
Originating Idea
Children are excited to play with cars
Curriculum Area
B. Social and Emotional Development
6. Relationships with adults: children build relationships with other adults
Materials
Several cars of different sizes and floor tape
Appropriate Age group:
Infants and toddlers
Beginning of Activity
Children build relationships with trusted caregivers during play
Middle of Activity
Your ideas for scaffolding children at different developmental levels
Early:
Children will explore the various cars, by holding, grasping, dropping, and tasting.
Middle:
Children will attempt to push a car along the ground with a caregiver.
Later:
Children will push the cars within the boundaries of the floor-taped maze with a caregiver.
End of Activity
Sing the classroom clean-up song while assisting the infant in cleaning up our toys and putting them away.
Follow-up Ideas
Make the floor tape maze even harder by narrowing it and creating curves around classroom shelves.
3
Planning Form
Name of Activity
Friendly Puppets
Originating Idea
Children recognize and learn the names of their friends
Curriculum Area
B. Social and Emotional Development
10. Playing with others: children play with others
Materials
Variety of familiar puppets
Appropriate Age group:
Infant and toddlers
Beginning of Activity
Children play with others and learn the names of their classmates
Middle of Activity
Your ideas for scaffolding children at different developmental levels
Early:
Children explore the various puppets by grasping, tasting, and touching them. Children attempt vocalization while interacting with other children and the puppets.
Middle:
While children are playing with various puppets, initiate back-and-forth conversations with and between the children. The teacher starts by saying, “I see your friend (Jane) has the dog puppet.” “Jane’s dog goes woof”. “Jane, do you see your friend (John). He has a cat puppet. The cat goes meow.”
Later:
Children will be able to request various puppets and use their friends’ names when their friend is playing with one.
End of Activity
Sing the classroom clean-up song while assisting the infant in cleaning up our toys and putting them away.
Follow-up Ideas
Bring out new puppets that the children have not seen before to learn the different names of new animals when there is a new student introduced to the class.