Domain: Social and Emotional Development Sub-Domain: Relationships with other Children Goal IT -SE4. Child shows interest in, interacts with and develops personal relationships with other children. Birth to 9 Months: 8-18 Months: 16-36 Months: Seeks 36 Months: Shows increasing Looks attentively Participates in out other children for interest in interacting with other touches or simple back and social interaction children. Shows preference for explores another forth interactions including initiating particular playmates such as child’s face. with another contact and responding greeting friends by name. Shows recognition child. Interacts to others. Develops of familiar with a few friendships and engages children through children on a in more elaborate play actions or regular basis with friends. behaviors such as knows some of smiling, reaching, their names, likes touching or or dislikes. making sounds directed to the child. Goal IT -SE5. Child imitates and engages in play with other children. Birth to 9 Months: 8-18 Months: 16-36 Months: Joins in 36 Months: Uses multiple Responds to Participates in play with other children strategies such as imitating or another child’s simple imitation by sometimes taking responding in order to enter actions or sounds games such as turns, or doing joint play with other children. during play with a making similar activities with a Engages in extended play with toy by watching sounds or running common goal such as other children with a common attentively after another building block structures focus. Engages in simple touching the child. Plays next with others or cooperative play with other other child or to other children pretending to eat children. reaching for or with similar toys together. taking the toy. or materials.
Domain: Social and Emotional Development Sub-Domain: Relationships with other Children Goal IT -SE4. Child shows interest in, interacts with and develops personal relationships with other children. Birth to 9 Months: Looks attentively touches or explores another child’s face. Shows recognition of familiar children through actions or behaviors such as smiling, reaching, touching or making sounds directed to the child. 8-18 Months: Participates in simple back and forth interactions with another child. Interacts with a few children on a regular basis knows some of their names, likes or dislikes. 16-36 Months: Seeks out other children for social interaction including initiating contact and responding to others. Develops friendships and engages in more elaborate play with friends. 36 Months: Shows increasing interest in interacting with other children. Shows preference for particular playmates such as greeting friends by name. Goal IT -SE5. Child imitates and engages in play with other children. Birth to 9 Months: Responds to another child’s actions or sounds during play with a toy by watching attentively touching the other child or reaching for or taking the toy. 8-18 Months: Participates in simple imitation games such as making similar sounds or running after another child. Plays next to other children with similar toys or materials. 16-36 Months: Joins in play with other children by sometimes taking turns, or doing joint activities with a common goal such as building block structures with others or pretending to eat together. 36 Months: Uses multiple strategies such as imitating or responding in order to enter play with other children. Engages in extended play with other children with a common focus. Engages in simple cooperative play with other children.