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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Go on a walk with your child and look for butterflies and other insects like ants, flies, or ladybugs. Notice the differences between different types of bugs! Try drawing a picture of one of them.
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Going to Outer Space
Elmo, Abby, and Rosita pretend to be astronauts going to outer space.
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Use puppets or stuffed animals to act out what you child would do if he wanted to make a new friend! Encourage him to share his name, and say, "I want to be your friend!"
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Your child can pretend she is President of your home for the day! As President, what are three things that she will do to help out?
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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!
