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Modul
e17:Soci
o-Emot
ional
Devel
opmentoft
he
Pr
eschool
er
Social-emot ionaldevel opmentof pr eschool er incl
udes t he
chil
d' sexper ience,expr essi on,andmanagementofemot ionsandt he
abil
ityt o est ablish posi tive and r ewar di
ng r elat
ionshi ps wit
h other s.
Preschoolchi ldren under go signi fi
cantemot i
onaldevel opment .The
socialski ll
s chi ldr en lear n att his age pave t he way f ort hem t o
under standf riendshi p,devel opr outines,andi nterpretvar i
oussituati
ons.
Itmightmeant hatchi ldrencanbegi nto:Caref ortheirbodi es(i.
e.,wash
theirfacesandbr usht heirt eeth).
BeingSoci all
yandEmot ionall
yAwar emostpr eschoolerscan
expr ess,name,and r ecogni ze al lt he basi c emot i
ons happi ness,
sadness,anger ,f ear,andsur priseand t al
kaboutt hem i nwayst hat
rel
at e t o t hei r own exper i
ences. Soci al-emot ional devel opment
i
mpor tant in pr eschool er because posi t
ive soci aland emot ional
devel opment i si mpor tant . Thi s devel opment i nf l
uences a chi l
d' s
self
-conf i
dence,empat hy,t heabi li
tytodevel opmeani ngf ulandlasting
fri
endshi psandpar t
nershi ps,andasenseofi mpor tanceandval uet o
thosear oundhi m/ her.