SOCIAL Development Standard 1 Children build relationships with adults by:
StandarD 2 Children build relationships with peers by:
StandarD 3 Children demonstrate pro-social behavior by:
1a. Showing trust, developing emotional
2a. Engaging in and maintaining positive
3a. Recognizing and labeling others’
bonds, and interacting comfortably with adults.
1b. Communicating with familiar adults
and accepting or requesting guidance.
interactions and relationships with other children.
2b. Engaging in age-appropriate social play
(e.g., parallel, associative, cooperative).
2c. Using problem-solving skills to resolve
conflicts with other children.
emotions.
3b. Expressing care and concern
toward others.
3c. Recognizing how actions affect others. 3d. Asserting themselves and
communicating preferences in age-appropriate ways.
3e. Participating collaboratively with
a group.
Infant Interaction
Lauren cares for children from birth to five-years-old in her family home childcare program. After reading the new Wyoming Early Learning Standards, she noticed an opportunity to encourage development in the two infants she cares for. One day while the older children were happily playing with dolls, she put the infants down on their tummies facing one another. At first, they studied each other carefully. Then Zane, a nine-month-old, smiled and started army crawling toward the three-month-old, Saylor. Saylor, who can be fussy when put down on her tummy, quietly watched Zane approach. Lauren scooted Zane back to see what he would do next. Zane again crawled straight for Saylor, wanting to get closer. Lauren wondered if she should distract Zane toward something else, but remembering what she had read, recognized this as an opportunity to support social development in both children. Instead of distracting Zane, she repeated this game multiple times, moving him back and letting him crawl toward his friend. Zane began to giggle, and Saylor was enraptured by the face getting closer and then further away. Noticing the interaction, some of Lauren’s two-year-olds came to take a look. They soon joined in the game by lying on their tummies in line with the infants. The older children laughed, smiled, and played peek-a-boo with the infants. Later, Lauren went back to the standards to help her identify social and emotional benchmarks that she observed for all four children involved.
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