Play and Social Development
31 videos • 1,676 views • by Pathways Social-emotional skills are important for connecting with others. They help us manage our emotions, feel empathy for others, and build healthy relationships. This may look like: • Recognizing if someone is sad and asking if they’re okay • Expressing yourself with friends differently than with your parents • Understanding your thoughts and feelings and able to relate them to others Babies start learning these skills from birth! As soon as they start interacting with those who care for them, they start to develop an understanding of feelings. Parents help nurture these skills. Even as a baby, they’re picking up on how parents respond to their social and emotional needs. Playtime helps nurture these social-emotional skills and is so important for many reasons. Playtime can help baby understand social situations, process emotions, explore different interests, and develop important life skills. These videos review social-emotional abilities at each stage, and games to play during playtime to help encourage baby along. 🔗 Learn more about developing social-emotional abilities: https://pathways.org/topics-of-develo... 🔗 Learn more about the importance of play: https://pathways.org/topics-of-develo... 🔗When is the best time to play with baby: https://pathways.org/the-best-time-to... 👶 Download our FREE, award-winning mobile app, featuring important milestones to keep baby on track: https://pathways.org/mobile-app 🏠 Visit Pathways.org for more FREE resources: https://www.pathways.org 📧 Stay in the know! Keep up with our latest FREE materials by signing up for our weekly email newsletter: https://pathways.org/sign-up/ __________________ 👪 ABOUT PATHWAYS.ORG Pathways.org is a non-profit organization that provides free, trusted resources so that every parent is fully empowered to support their child’s development. Our milestones are supported by American Academy of Pediatric findings. Our resources are developed with and approved by expert pediatric physical and occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists. 👋 COME JOIN US Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PathwaysDotOrg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pathwaysorg Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pathwaysorg Twitter: https://twitter.com/PathwaysOrg All materials including videos are provided at no cost; no fees or charges may be associated with any of the Pathways.org materials without prior written approval.