How Parents of Preschoolers Can Support Social-Emotional Development

Respond to your child's needs

• Understand your child's nonverbal communication and know how to respond.
• Support your child’s emotional needs.
• Use positive comments and language with your child.
• Successfully redirect your child’s inappropriate behaviors.
• Understand why your child engages in inappropriate behaviors and know how to modify the environment.
• Provide your child with safe care and supervision.
• Provide access to regular medical and dental care for your child.

Provide predictable schedule/routines and an appropriate environment for your child

• Provide a rest and sleeping routine for your child that is predictable and appropriate for your child's age.
• Provide a mealtime routine for your child that is predictable and appropriate for your child's age.
• Provide your child with predictable limits and consequences.
• Take time each day to play with your child.
• Provide your child with books, toys, and activities that match your child's developmental level.
• Know the age-appropriate games that your child enjoys.

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