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Social-Emotional Skills Development

Early social and emotional competence predicts school readiness and later
success - good early environments help to build this competence. Cognitive,
motor and language development will all be greatly affected by how a child
feels about him / herself, and by how he / she can express emotions.

The 6 Bricks activities in this section aim to contribute to the child’s:

• self-confidence; self-esteem; empathy; respect
• ability to develop meaningful and lasting friendships and relationships
• ability to experience, manage and express emotions
• ability to make choices; solve problems; develop plans
• development of social values - caring; honesty; responsibility; flexibility

The quality of the relationship that the teacher has with the children in his /
her care has a great influence on the child’s social-emotional development.
Positive and nurturing early experiences will have a huge impact on the child
going forward - engaged learners are curious and effective, focus attention,
remember earlier experiences, gather information, solve problems and persist
even when they are frustrated by a difficult task. So, make use of these
DUPLO 6 Bricks activities to help you develop a healthy
social-emotional outlook in your learners.

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

From Dr Seuss - “The Lorax”

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