Social and Emotional Milestones

Help your child build meaningful connections and emotional resilience with expert tips and a free tracker!

What is the Development Tracker?

The Social and Emotional Development Tracker helps parents monitor their child’s ability to form relationships, understand emotions, and develop self-regulation skills from ages 0-6. It provides milestones, tips, and activities designed to nurture emotional intelligence and social connections.

Why is it Helpful?

Track milestones like recognizing emotions, building friendships, and managing behaviors.
Encourage empathy and social interaction through age-appropriate activities.
Identify areas that need support to foster emotional regulation and confidence.
Help your child build strong, healthy relationships with family and peers.

Age-Wise Development Tracker

12 Months

Milestones: Shows affection to familiar people, begins to imitate gestures like clapping, and reacts to emotions of others.

Tips: Smile and clap during playtime to encourage emotional bonding and recognition.

18 Months

Milestones: Engages in parallel play, shows preference for certain people, and expresses basic emotions like happiness and frustration.

Tips: Encourage sharing during playtime and talk about emotions to help your child express themselves.

2 Years

Milestones: Begins to show empathy, imitates actions of others, and starts engaging in simple group activities.

Tips: Introduce simple group games and praise your child for showing kindness to others.

3-4 Years

Milestones: Builds friendships, understands turn-taking, and recognizes the emotions of others.

Tips: Role-play scenarios to teach turn-taking and help your child practice understanding emotions.

5-6 Years

Milestones: Resolves conflicts with guidance, expresses a wide range of emotions, and participates in cooperative group activities.

Tips: Teach conflict resolution through discussions and encourage team-building activities like group sports or projects.

Ready to Support Your Child's Social and Emotional Growth?

Download our Social and Emotional Milestones Tracker now and help your child build meaningful connections and emotional resilience!

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