D1- Most children aged 4 years old like to interact with other children their age, they also like sharing and taking turns playing with a certain toy sometimes the children prefer to play by themselves or playing with an imaginary friend. Children like to feel the security from parents and seek their approval when playing a game they love to have social interaction with other children but when they are playing with other children they like to play dress up and/or role play. http://www.nncc.org/child.dev/ages.stages.4y.html Children aged 4 years old can go to the toilet sometimes supervised, they can chose their own clothes and get dressed by themselves. They sometimes try and help make their own lunch e.g. …show more content…
However a disadvantage of this observation method is that it is time consuming, which the staff could find difficult to do as they withdraw themselves from their students.
D5- Children’s development of their social skills could be affected by a disability which puts a barrier on their social development; housing conditions could also put a strain on a child’s social development.
Children’s social skills are very important because it helps build a relationship with anyone but a child with a chronic illness who has to suffer with pain and physical restrictions everyday could have problems relating to their peers. A child could feel alone and their social skills are strained when a child and their family have to move away to a place where they don’t know anyone, the child is likely to feel isolated and alone.
D6- During snack and meal times to get the children’s social skills developed some settings sing songs whilst the children are either waiting for their food or after they have finished and waiting to go to the next …show more content…
Another transition is a new baby coming in to the family a child might feel nervous because you don’t know if it will be a boy or a girl, jealous because they won’t be the baby anymore the child could also feel excited about becoming a big brother/ sister. Effects on development could be unusual behaviour if the existing child is young and just became potty trained after the new baby has arrived the existing child could keep having accidents to be like the baby