Social Development
Helping children learn to build healthy relationships is an important part of their social development. Children learn to recognize others’ feelings (empathy), take turns, and cooperate. Developing these important skills helps children build relationships with grown-ups and other children.
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Help your child set up a pretend school at home with stuffed animals. Pretend to be the teacher, and have your child help each stuffed animal raise their hand (or paw!) when they would like to answer.
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Set up shelves or boxes where each of your children can place items that they do not wish to share. Then you can designate some items that are always for sharing.
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Think of a project to do together, such as making a house of out popsicle sticks, and talk about how each of you can help complete it with teamwork and cooperation!
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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
The Guy Smiley singers and Cookie Monster sing about waiting.
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Five minutes can feel like a long time to a child! Help your child think of special strategies to make waiting fun, such as playing "I Spy," counting people in line, or making up a story.
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Play a fun game with your child like red light, green light. Afterward, talk about how playing fair and trying your best are more important than winning or losing.
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So Much Alike with Alessia Cara
Sing along with Alessia Cara and learn that you can be different, but similar too.
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Look for the Slime
Mucko Polo, Grouch Explorer sings about using his senses to discover grouchy things.
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