PERSONAL , SOCIAL &

EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: THE
CHILD MAKES MEANING
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
Presented by: SL Ayesha Waheed
 SEQUENCE

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PSE DEVELOPMENT: THE CHILD MAKES MEANING
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD

• Is Child a learner????
• Learner since????
• Early Childhood: 3-7 Years
• Central Focus in the
Chapter
 PSE DEVELOPMENT: THE CHILD MAKES MEANING
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD

• What are children at 3?

• Learning about Myself…….
• Babies learn about themselves through
socialization with adults
• Their
accidental effects on the environment teach
them that they have an agency of their own and
encourage them to repeat their actions
 PSE DEVELOPMENT: THE CHILD MAKES MEANING
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
• Babies have awareness of their own appearance
• They can identify their names and gender

• Can differentiate between right and wrong

• Another emerging aspect of their identity:
Self-esteem
• The value a child assigns himself or herself in the
eyes of those whose opinion counts
LEARNING ABOUT MYSELF FROM 3-5:
TRANSITION
• Child steps into new world of pre-school away from
home

• Familiarizes himself with the concept of separation,

absence etc
LEARNING ABOUT MYSELF FROM 3-5:
TRANSITION

• Close link between home and school needs to be

established

• Child’s own things are accommodated at the venue

• Daily feedback from school to parents

LEARNING ABOUT MYSELF FROM 3-5:
TRANSITION
• We are wrong to attempt to 'jolly’ children out of their
unhappiness (Dowling, 2000)

• Children have the right both to witness and experience

difficult feelings, and learning about sadness is a stage in
their emotional development.

• Rather than distracting children to try to make them

forget their feelings, sympathize with them to show that
they are being taken seriously.
LEARNING ABOUT MYSELF FROM 3-5:
SELF- CONCEPT
• Separation brings with it a very positive step in any
child’s learning: acquiring a sense of themselves as
‘ being a person’ in more than one setting
• Child focuses more consciously on his/her own identity

• Rath
 What Does a Young Child Need?

• EVERYTHING… – Emotional Needs:

• Security
• Assistance to meet • Care
• Nurturance
– Physical Needs:
• Love
• Food
• Hope
• Clothing
– Social Needs:
• Cleanliness • Interact with caregiver
• Shelter and others, including
• Safety / protection children the same age
• Opportunity to play
• Play with others

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What Does a Young Child Need?
continued
– Psychological Needs:
• Know he/she is
important to the
caregiver
• Learn who he/she is
• Develop a positive self
esteem
– Cognitive Needs:
• Read to the child
• Build language skills.
Talk with the child,
even when they are
too young to know all
you are saying.
• Play with the child

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