Social Emotional School Readiness

First 2000 days-Social emotional school readiness

It is getting close to beginning of the school year. You are looking for childcare it maybe a provider mother (small setting in a home) or a center base environment or  a baby sitter. Quality care is very important  and it begins with the caregiver being  trained in infant/toddler care and child development. The ages of  0-3 are the most critical years  brain development and this period should be nurtured. It is very important for young children to have developmental toys, they must be allowed to explore . Their care giver must understand what are social emotional school readiness skills and how to help an infant/toddler develop those skills. You as the parent or primary care giver must also help the child at home .  It does not take a long time to teach these skills. Here are the skills :

·         Confidence- A sense of control and mastery of one’s body, behavior and the world; the child sense that she is more likely than not to succeed at what she undertakes, and that adults will be helpful.

·         Curiosity- The sense that finding out about things is positive and leads to pleasure

·         Intentionality- The wish and capacity to have an impact and to act upon that with persistence (this is clearly related to a sense of competence of being effective).

·         Self-control- The ability to engage with others based on the sense of being understood by and understanding others

·         Capacity to communicate- The wish and ability to verbally exchange ideas, feelings and concepts with others. This is related to a sense of trust in others and of pleasure in engaging with others, including adults.

·         Co-cooperativeness-The ability to balance one’s own needs with others in a group activity.

Children who lack these skills before they get to school will   have a difficult time catching up. Development is a process that occurs in stages and when a stage is missed it is very hard to revert to it.
  As a parent it is very important that you are aware of what your infant/toddler needs for school. You should be educating yourself also. There are many things that you can do at  home to your infant/toddler to develop the social emotion school readiness skills.
You should try not to have more than one caregiver for your infant/toddler because positive relationship is a what helps to build a healthy brain