The Development

of Emotions
3 MILESTONES
Early Infancy (Birth- 6 Months)

 Between six and ten months, a social

smile emerges, usually
accompanied by other pleasure –
indicative actions and sounds,
including cooing and mouthing. This
social smile occurs in response to
adult smile and interactions’
 Asinfants become more aware of
their environment, smiling occurs in
response to a wider variety of
contexts. Laughter, which begins at
around three or four months, requires
a level of cognitive development
because it demonstrates that the
child can recognize incongruity.
Later Infancy(7-12 Months)

During the last half of the first year,

infants begin expressing fear,
disgust and anger because of the
maturation of cognitive abilities.
Socialization of emotion begins in
infancy.
 Socialreferencing – infants begin to
recognize the emotions of others and
use this information when reacting to
novel situations and people.
Toddler hood Years (1-2)

 During the second year, infants

express emotions of shame or
embarrassment and pride. These
emotions nature in all children and
adults to contribute to their
development.
Emotional Understanding

 Ininfancy, children largely rely on adults to

help them regulate their emotional states.
 Intoddler hood, however, children begin
to develop skills to regulate their emotions
with the emergence of language
providing an important tool to assist in this
process.
Summary of What Infants and
Toddlers can do Socio-
emotionally
Domain : Social and Emotional Development
Sub-domain :EMOTIONAL (Emotional
Expression)
Standards 1.1 : The Child Express Different
Basic Emotions
0-6 Months

 Criesin different ways to express different

needs.
 Shows or laughs in response to a pleasant
experience.
 Amuses self by simple repetitive muscle
movements without objects.
 Amuses self by simple repetitive muscles
movements with objects.
 Likesplaying with water.
 Enjoys going to the park.
 Shows fear and hesitation towards
unfamiliar persons.
7-12 Months

Has a favorite toy.

13-18 Months

 Smiles/ laughs when happy or amused.

 Cries when sad, angry or scared.
 Shows varying degrees or intensities of
various emotions.
Standards 1.2: The child demonstrates
ability to self-regulate
feelings/emotions
0-6 Months

 Stopscrying almost immediately

when need is met
 Eventually gets used to an irritating
experience and calms down
13-18 Months

 Able to stop an undesirable behavior

or activity when instructed to do so
 Can calm down or stop trantuming
with help from adults
 Can follow simple rules
19-24 Months
 Can wait his/her turn
 Shows ability to contain his/her expression of anger or
frustration when source is removed
 Shows ability to contain one's expression of anger or
frustration in a public place when asked by
parent/caregiver
 Tries to control his tears when in pain or scared
Standards 1.3: The child
comprehends and displays self-
appraisal emotions
7-12 Months

Smilesor claps his hands when

he/she displays a learned
behavior
13-18 Months

 Recognizes and is able to label self

appraisal emotion
 Will do something that gets him/her
praised
19-24 Months

 Shows interest in doing things that are

his/her own creation
 Says "sorry" when's he/she has made
a mistake or has hurt someone
Sub-domain: Emotional (Receptivity
to other's emotions)

 Standards 1: The child is receptive to
the different emotions of other
people and shows empathy
7-12 Months

Can mimic people's facial

ezpression
13-18 Months

 Demonstrates
appropriate/acceptable responses
to other people's emotion
19-24 Months

 Identifies
feelings in others
 Shows respect for rights and
properties of others
Sub-domain: Social (Emerging sense of
self)

 Standards1: The child expresses
knowledge of self and basic roles of
people in his/her immediate
environment
0-6 Months

 Explores own body, often smiles and

vocalizes
 Looks at self in the mirror
 Responds to own name by turning to
look or reaching to be picked up
when called
7-12 Months

Identifiesself in the mirror or

photograph via pointing to
his/her image
13-18 Months

 Identifies what part of his/her body hurts by

pointing to this
 Refers to self by fist or nickname
 Calls family members by their name/role
 Asks for what he/she needs without hesitations
 Expresses dislike or disagreement
19-24 Months

 Identifies self by first and last name

 Identifies what part of his/her body
parts by naming it
Sub-domain: Social (Forming
attachments)

 Standards 1: The child forms healthy
attachments to primary caregivers
and other significant adults and
children in his/her life
0-6 Months

 Looks for caregiver during times of

distress or discomfort
 Shows distress if orimary caregiver is
absent
13-18 Months

 is affectionate towards primary

caregivers and other family members
 Goes to primary caregivers for help
 Is comfortable in the company of
strangers if primary caregiver is
present
 May play alone but likes to be near
familiar adults or siblings
 Hugs or cuddles toys
 Enjoys playing regularly with
significant adults and children
19-24 Months

 Eventuallymoves away from primary

caregiver when playing with
unfamiliar children or adults, but may
look occasionally in his/her direction
Sub-domain: Social (Interactions
with other children)

 Standards 1: The child plays and has
positive inter actions with other
children
0-6 Months

 Plays with toys by himself

 Smiles in response to the expressions of other
children
 Looks at other children with interest; watches
them play
 Displays amusement interacting with other
children
7-12 Months

 Engages in play alongside but not

necessarily with other children
 Plays with other children
13-18 Months

 Plays cooperatively with other children

 May hug/kiss or hold hands with other children
 Shows or shares food, books, and toys with other
children
 Asksto play with other children or invites them to
play with him/her
19-24 Months

 Talksto other children, ask them

questions
 Shows preference for some children
and interacts more with them
Sub-domain: Social (Interactions with
adults)

 Standards 1: The child has positive
relations and interactions with adults
0-6 Months

 Will
look at adult's faces and make eye-to-
eye contact
 Listens to verbalizations by adults
 Smiles when talkes to by a familiar adult
 Plays peek-a-boo interactively with others
7-12 Months

 Hugs, pats, kisses "familiar" persons

13-18 Months
 Friendly with strangers but initially show slight anxiety or
shyness
 Asks adults for help or to indicate what he/she wants or
needs
 Willingly does what familiar adults ask him/her to do
 Appropriately uses cultural features of greeting without
prompting
Sub-domain: Social (Pakikiramdam-
Sensitivy)

 Standards 1: The child takes social
cues from the environment and
adjust his behavior accordingly
0-6 Months

 Is
shy or more quite with strangers
 Refers to caregiver for cues about
novel situations, people or objects
13-18 Months

 Usuallyquiets down or stops when

caregiver ahuahes him/her
 Takes notice when there is a sudden
change in mood of caregiver or
people around him/her
19-24 Months

 Ifhe/she needs something can wait

quietly, as told, until caregiver is able
to attend him
Sub-domain: Social (Appreciating
diversity)

 Standard 1: The child recognizes and
respects similarities and difference a
in people, language and culture
19-24 Months

Treatshouse hell or those less

fortunate with respect
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