In this activity, you will begin looking for social behaviors in preschool children. You will spend 15 minutes observing a child or a group of children. Write down the behaviors you see that are social (a child offers another child a toy) and the behaviors that might be signs that a child could use support around developing social and emotional competence (a child is excluding other children from play). Remember to include social interactions between adults and the child, too. As you observe or after your observation, talk with your trainer about how you could help the child learn or use social behaviors. See the answer key for examples:
What did the child do? | What social skill or behavior did you see, or what skill is the child still learning? | I want to talk to my trainer about… |
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Jamal and Leo are building with blocks Leo gets frustrated when Jamal doesn't want to build a new castle and knocks down the tower. |
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紫色是组织th的女孩变成了一个“俱乐部”e play structure. She is giving everyone a different job to do, and she appears to be the leader. |
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