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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Our skin helps us touch and feel things. Touch things around your home such as a carpet, a tiled floor, and different fruits. Talk about how they feel. Are they rough or smooth? Are they hard or soft?
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To cooperate means to work together! Try making a house out of popsicle sticks, and talk about how each of you can help complete it by working together as a team.
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Going to Outer Space
Elmo, Abby, and Rosita pretend to be astronauts going to outer space.
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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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Grover Comes in from the Cold
Grover is getting cold out in the snow and seeks Kermits help on how he can get warm.
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