lesson plan
Week 5 – Emotional development (13 months to 24 months)
Within the first two years, infants progress from reactive pain and pleasure to complex patterns of social awareness.
What a parent of an toddler should know:
Emotions that emerge in the first months of life take on new strength at about age 11. Throughout the second year and beyond, anger and fear typically become less frequent but more focused, targeted toward infuriating or terrifying experiences. In every culture, families reinforce the emotions that will best prepare the toddler for life in that society. These preferences are cultural, not genetic. By age 2, children can display the entire spectrum of emotional reactions. They have been taught which expressions of emotion are acceptable in their culture and which are not. Such teaching occurs many times a day.
To social interactions, another foundation for emotional growth is self-awareness, the realization that one’s body, mind, and actions are separate from those of other people. At about age 1, an emerging sense of “me” and “mine leads to a new consciousness of others.
The next several months developing an awareness of themselves as separate from their mothers. The period from 15 to 18 months “is noteworthy for the emergence of the Me-Self, the sense of self as the object of one’s knowledge”
Those between 15 and 24 months usually showed self-awareness, touching their own noses with curiosity and puzzlement.
13 to 18 months
Typical skills
1. Is more confident, exploring and trying new things, taking risks when a trusted adult is present or has provided reassurance
2. Shows particular interest in a music tape, special picture books or fish in a tank
3. Identifies self in mirror or photograph; becomes more of an individual
4. Hugs and kisses parents and other very familiar people and pets
5. Enjoys being the center of attention
Activities
If you do this
Your baby will
Encourage your child to safely exploring his / her
Within the first two years, infants progress from reactive pain and pleasure to complex patterns of social awareness.
What a parent of an toddler should know:
Emotions that emerge in the first months of life take on new strength at about age 11. Throughout the second year and beyond, anger and fear typically become less frequent but more focused, targeted toward infuriating or terrifying experiences. In every culture, families reinforce the emotions that will best prepare the toddler for life in that society. These preferences are cultural, not genetic. By age 2, children can display the entire spectrum of emotional reactions. They have been taught which expressions of emotion are acceptable in their culture and which are not. Such teaching occurs many times a day.
To social interactions, another foundation for emotional growth is self-awareness, the realization that one’s body, mind, and actions are separate from those of other people. At about age 1, an emerging sense of “me” and “mine leads to a new consciousness of others.
The next several months developing an awareness of themselves as separate from their mothers. The period from 15 to 18 months “is noteworthy for the emergence of the Me-Self, the sense of self as the object of one’s knowledge”
Those between 15 and 24 months usually showed self-awareness, touching their own noses with curiosity and puzzlement.
13 to 18 months
Typical skills
1. Is more confident, exploring and trying new things, taking risks when a trusted adult is present or has provided reassurance
2. Shows particular interest in a music tape, special picture books or fish in a tank
3. Identifies self in mirror or photograph; becomes more of an individual
4. Hugs and kisses parents and other very familiar people and pets
5. Enjoys being the center of attention
Activities
If you do this
Your baby will
Encourage your child to safely exploring his / her