Effective Communication In Early Childhood

The first early childhood social goal is empathizing with and caring for others. Children will go through several stages as they develop these skills. An example of children learning about empathy and caring for others is when a toddler or preschooler tries to help a child that fell down off a step. The second early childhood social goal is communicating effectively with adults and other children. According to Patricia Ramsey, “Effective communication requires paying close attention to what others are saying, both verbally and nonverbally, and genuinely trying to understand their perspectives, as well as making oneself understood” (2015, p. 53). Our textbook articulates that young children learn better when in individual and small-group like settings because they slow down to hear people speak. This translates in them learning how to effectively communicate with people. …show more content…
Patricia Ramsey in her Teaching and Learning in a Diverse World, said that “Friendships are critical learning opportunities for children, and that we can support them in many ways” (2015, p.54). Friendships that we create in our childhood can be brief or long lasting and through this social goal, children learn how to socialize in our society. The last early childhood social goal is playing cooperatively and resolving conflicts. When children learn cooperative play, they are learning how to work together to solve problems and them learning this social goal is important as they become an adult and have work for a