In preschool is when your children begin making friends and build relationships along with their peers. We all realize that our children developing friendships is important during your child’s early years as this is an important time when they learn to ‘give and take’ in a relationship. By the sharing of experiences, interacting with one another, feelings, your child learns how to meet the social needs of other people and their own.
While in preschool, children will start playing more with other children and begin the forming of friendships. It is here that they start to learn to share, take turns, and include others in their classroom and at home too. They will be doing what other children might want to do, start playing some group games, participating in the group activities, beginning to understand how others feel, which are all some of the things your child learns as they learn how to develop and build friendships.
Skill | Example |
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Patience | When children are waiting for their turn, taking turns and sharing with others. |
Communication | Talking and listening to others. |
Empathy | Responding to others’ feelings with understanding and taking the perspective of others. |
Consideration | Learning to say please and thank you, and being helpful to those around them. |
Play Skills | Make suggestions for role-playing and giving ideas. |
Social Skills | Learning cooperation, empathy, communication, responsibility, and controlling emotions. |
It will provide your child with opportunities to begin to experience all the aspects of friendship, those that are beneficial to developing and learning overall. For young children that may not have learned how to share their emotions and feelings yet, making friends can be hard. As a parent, you can be a positive role model and show your child how to interact with others. You can show how to support your child’s friendships by:
As preschoolers learn how important friendships are and the ‘give and take’ of their relationships, parents can support these new skills by giving opportunities for them to start experiencing all the different aspects of friendship.
As preschool children learn the importance of friendship and the ‘give and take’ of relationships, we as parents and educators can support these skills by providing opportunities for children to experience all the aspects of friendship.
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