As with all other areas of learning, different children will progress at different times. In general, most children are interested in other people and even young babies. they will observe people's faces with great interest.
As they grow, young children become especially interested in other children and their play, But they only begin to play cooperatively when they are preschoolers. Before this, children can play next to each other or in the same area, but be very engrossed in their own game.
As social-emotional learning progresses, children learn to play cooperatively and then begin to develop a narrative for their play, sharing ideas and negotiating what comes next. When it comes to emotional development, to some extent it will be based on your child's natural temperament.
Competencies and individual traits
Even from the earliest stage, babies have their own individual skills and traits. Temperament is a set of innate traits that organize the child's approach to the world; they are part of personality development. Temperament is not necessarily good or bad in itself.
For example, being energetic is neither good nor bad in and of itself, but can be seen as good or bad depending on how it is channeled. Working with children's temperaments is important when developing emotional skills, some children have 'bigger' emotions or 'deeper' feelings than others, and these can be more difficult for children to handle.
These children with deep feelings may take longer to develop strategies for managing their behavior as a result of these emotions, but these children are also likely to become passionate and empathetic, so it is important not to suppress their feelings and change, work to find strategies for expressing them appropriately.