1. Social Development

2. 18 months Independence Family members closest to them
They need to learn about outside world
Little interaction between children
Parallel play
Satisfy what they want without regard to others

3. 2 years Understand and interacting with caregivers
Can read person’s moods and gauge behavior
Communicate with others as speech develops
Fun to play with others but still parallel play
Sharing/taking turns
Like to receive praise from others

4. 2.5 years Rights of others Fairness (at first what is fair to them)
Bickering frequent but brief
Child may not do anything for one person but do things happily for another

5. 3 years People are important Share, help, do things other person’s way
Cooperative and associative play!
Seek friends of their own
May prefer some friends over others

6. 3.5 years Play becomes complex and conversations
Disagreements are less often
Enjoy company
Take notice at what other’s like