Personal, social and emotional development
- Express preferences and decisions. They also try new things and start establishing their autonomy.
- Engage with others through gestures, gaze and talk.
- Find ways of managing transitions, for example from their parent to their key person.
- Begin to show ‘effortful control’. For example, waiting for a turn and resisting the strong impulse to grab what they want or push their way to the front. Be increasingly able to talk about and manage their emotions.
- Develop friendships with other children.
- Develop appropriate ways of being assertive.
- Talk with others to solve conflicts.
- Talk about their feelings using words like ‘happy’, ‘sad’, ‘angry’ or ‘worried’.
- Understand gradually how others might be feeling.
- Make healthy choices about food, drink, activity and tooth brushing