SESSION 6

NURTURING
SOCIAL AND
EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Session 6: Activity
6A: Use of
Storytelling Card
Purpose: To
understand what
social and
emotional
development is and
how it can be
supported.
Session 6: Activity
6B: Introduction to
Social and
Emotional
Development
Purpose: To share
important ideas for
helping children
develop their social
and emotional
skills.
Session 6: Activity
6C: Responding to
Crying
Purpose: To
understand the
reasons that babies
cry and why it is
very important for a
caregiver to
respond quickly
and in a sensitive
way to a baby’s
crying.
Session 6: Activity
6D: Using Social
and Emotional
Developmental
Milestone Cards
Purpose: To show
how to develop
social-emotional
skills using the age-
appropriate
Developmental
Milestone Card
with a volunteer
caregiver and baby.