Social and Emotional Development of a Child HW

Young children’s social/emotional development is fascinating, complex, and sometimes challenging. Consider the situations below and think about issues of identity and development which may be present. Also think about responses that adults could offer to these situations, which would help foster positive social/emotional development:

Ryan refuses to play in the kitchen area, saying loudly that the kitchen is for girls.

A child stands crying near the door after her father drops her off.

Jaylene and Chris tell Timur he can’t play with them in the block area.

Tameron tells Christina, an African-American child, that she cannot pretend to be Cinderella because Cinderella has blonde hair.

In preparation for this Discussion, consider what you have learned with regard to the following:

The influence of classroom practices and interactions on the development of children’s social skills and on their developing gender, cultural, and racial identity

The role of adults in fostering healthy social/emotional and identity development

The role of guidance in healthy social/emotional development

Choose one of the scenarios above and Post how you would respond to the situation, keeping in mind that you want to model respectful interactions as well as foster children’s healthy social and emotional development. Using this week’s Learning Resources, support your statement as you write about the following:

The development of identity and/or social skills in preschool children
Strategies that a teacher can use to support the development of social skills and identity

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.