Infants & Toddlers Part 1Introduction

   

Lesson Overview:

Lesson Overview:

How do you form close and secure relationships with the children you care for and their families? Do you provide experience’s for children to express their emotions in appropriate ways? Come explore your environment and learn more about ways to support young children's healthy social and emotional growth and development.

Lesson Objectives:

  • Define social emotional development and describe how it unfolds in the context of caregiving relationships.
  • Describe how very young children’s behavior and communication is meaningful.
  • Use a variety of strategies, including self-reflection and observation, to increase their capacity to support social emotional development by forming positive relationships with infants, toddlers and their families.