Learning to Get Along: Young Children’s Social and Emotional Development
Find out how children learn in social relationships. Explore how strong bonds with responsive, nurturing adults can support children’s social and emotional development.
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Social and Emotional Development
Social and Emotional Development is one of the five central domains of the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF). It focuses on children's ability to create and sustain meaningful relationships with adults and other children. These resources explore the ways children learn to express, recognize, and manage their own emotions, as well as respond appropriately to others' emotions.
Other ELOF domains include Approaches to Learning; Language and Literacy; Cognition; and Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development.
Social and Emotional Development
Children’s social and emotional development is key to school readiness. Find out why it can better develop when children have responsive, meaningful, and ongoing relationships with their caregivers.
Mary Louise Hemmeter: Social and Emotional Development – Research to Practice
Listen to Mary Louise Hemmeter as she discusses the ELOF and social and emotional development.
From Research to Practice: Implications for Programs
Explore the critical link between infants’ and toddlers’ social and emotional development and their early learning. Learn how this connection can help self-regulate, communicate and learn, and get along with peers.
Social and Emotional Development Connect to Other Areas of Development
All areas of children’s development, including social and emotional, influence each other. Learn how infants’ and toddlers’ development unfolds within the context of their relationships with caring adults.
Relationships Facilitate Learning
Discover how infants and toddlers learn through relationships with caring adults. Learn ways secure relationships help children feel safe, secure, and confident, while supporting their learning.
Behavior Has Meaning: Home-Based Video Example
This short video clip appears in the Behavior Has Meaning 15-Minute In-Service Suite.
Behavior Has Meaning: Video Example 1
This short video clip appears in the Behavior Has Meaning 15-minute In-service Suite.
Behavior Has Meaning: Video Example 2
This short video clip appears in the Behavior Has Meaning 15-minute In-service Suite.
Understanding and Managing Children’s Behaviors
Find strategies to support children's healthy social and emotional development and prevent or reduce behaviors that could negatively affect their development. Explore relevant standards and resources.
