1. SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PLAY

2. PLAY IS A LANGUAGE For children play is a natural medium of expression
Adults talk
Children play
Adults use words
Children use toys

3. Social Play time Make friends Share Take Talk turns about Play
Circle
time
Make
friends
Share
Take
turns
Talk
about
feelings
Play
Express
themselves

4. SO WHY IS SOCIAL PLAY IMPORTANT? Any ideas?...

5. How to share and take turns How to recognize feelings
Social Play is closely linked to emotional development. Social Play teaches
Friendship skills
How to share and take turns
How to recognize feelings
in oneself and others
How to control feelings
How to problem solve

6. Friendship skills Social Play promotes friendships
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Do you agree or disagree?
Why?

7. Why do we need friends? 2
CSEFEL

8. Do friends make us feel happier?

9. Sharing
Young children do not like to share their toys. Social Play is an excellent way of teaching them how to share.
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Can you think of one example of play that would help children to start sharing?

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CSEFEL

11. Turn Taking
This is another important skill that can be taught through social play.
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Which of these games can be used to promote this skill in young children?
Role play
Board game
Play dough activity
Drawing/painting activity

12. RECOGNIZING FEELINGS IN SELF AND OTHERS
Please LOOK AT THE SCREEN
and choose one of the feelings which
you are experiencing at the moment.
(Try to avoid word “bored”… )

25. Key Facts about Feelings
Feelings change
You can have more than one feeling about something
You can feel differently than someone else about the same thing
It is important to learn how to deal with your own feelings

26. Increasing Vocabulary
Circle time
“How do you feel today?” –morning game
Children’s literature
Songs and games
Play “How would you feel if?”
Creative activities (painting, drawing, music, dancing, play dough)

27. Feeling Activities

28. Social play teaches how to control feelings
Recognizing that anger can interfere with problem solving
Learning how to recognize anger in oneself and others
Learning how to calm down
Understanding appropriate ways to express anger

29. Anybody can get angry…
The important
thing is how we
manage to deal
with our anger!

30. What kind of feelings do children experience in different situations?
Do they deal with their feelings in the same way as you do?

31. Problem Solving Social Play teaches children
How to solve problems in steps
How to find alternative solutions
That solutions have consequences

36. AND FINALLY… Try to remember everything that we have discussed today and answer the question:
WHAT SOCIAL and EMOTIONAL SKILLS DOES PLAY TEACH CHILDREN?
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