Republic of the Philippines

North Eastern Mindanao State University

Lianga, Surigao del sur. 8307

SOCIO-EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTS
AND TODDLERS
Educ 1
JANE CERVANTES OROPA
ALMA L. PERATER
REPORTER’S COURSE INSTRUCTOR
OBJECTIVES
• At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. Identify infants and toddler social emotional milestones.
2. Recognize how adults can support the socio-emotional
skills of Infants and toddlers.
3. Sight how routines, materials individualized care can
provide support and challenging behaviors.
ACTIVITY
Direction: Add the missing letter on the blank.
S__CI__- EMOT__ON__L
I__F__NTS A__D TO__DLE__S
ANSWER

SOCIO-EMOTIONAL
INFANTS AND TODDLERS
ANALYSIS

1. When Socio-emotional Development, Infants and Toddlers is

mentioned, What comes into your mind?
2. Based on the activity, What the topic for today’s discussion?
ABSTRACTION
SOCIO-EMOTIONAL MILESTONES
Through early relationships with nurturing and responsive
adults, Infants and toddlers learn how to
be in relationships, how to get their
needs and wants met, and how to
identify and regulate emotions.
CONNECTION OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TO OTHER AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT
With our evolving understanding of brain development
in young children, we continue to learn
about the ways adult caregivers can be
supportive and successful in helping children develop
and learn.
UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING THE
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF
INFANTS AND TODDLERS
Within the context of one’s family, community,
and cultural background, social-emotional health is
the child’s developing capacity to form secure
relationships, experience and regulate emotion and explore
or learn.
 3 to 6 months
• The infant is active, responsive,
and increasingly in control of his or
her body.
• Infant offers smiles and communicates with a
gaze and basic vocalizations.
• Sense of security and well-being are
totally dependent upon relationships with important caregivers.
6 to 9 months
• Moving and exploring is the goal infants
become eager explorers who are thrilled to
discover that they can make things happen.
• An infant is beginning to understand that
people still exist even when they are
out of sight.
9 to 12 months
• Infants are enjoying increased independence.

• Infants can understand more than they can

verbally communicate.
• Infants enjoy doing things repeatedly.
12 to 18 months
• Infants and toddlers are watching others and
imitate what they see.
• Infants and toddlers are using skills to
explore and discover the boundaries of what
they can do.
• Infants and toddlers are beginning to understand
feelings of self and others.
18 to 24 months
• Toddlers work hard to be in control,
explore the boundaries of their experiences, and
engage in problem solving.
• They are increasingly aware of themselves as
separate from others and are becoming more
enthusiastic about playing with peers.
• They are starting to show negative behaviors
(hitting, biting, kicking) in response to frustration.
24 to 36 months
• Toddlers are using language to express thoughts
and feelings.
• Toddlers are using enhanced thinking skills to
solve problems.
• Toddlers take pride in their accomplishments, such
as, pouring milk.
Supporting All Infants and Toddlers
Every child is born with their own
unique way of approaching the world. This
is called temperament. In young children, temperament
is commonly defined as the individual differences
in emotional responses and reaction to the
environment.
APPLICATION
1. In your own reflection what is Socio-emotional
Development? Give at least 5 sentence (10 points)
2. Give at least 50 words about Socio-emotional
Development of Infants and toddlers. (10 points).
 REFERENCES

https://www.earlylearningflorida.com/updated-infant-and-toddler-
social-emotional-development
QUOTES

Life isn’t about finding

yourself,
Life is about creating yourself.

BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW