The document summarizes an early years parent workshop about personal, social, and emotional development. It defines personal, social, and emotional development and discusses how research shows these areas are prime for all other learning. It also describes how the school supports personal, social, and emotional development through its philosophy, curriculum, class agreements, experiences, and support services. Finally, it provides tips for supporting personal, social, and emotional development at home, such as through family values, consistency, role modeling, quality time, and positive reinforcement.

1. Early Years Parent Workshop:
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Presented by A.Tammy, A.Mary and A.Kristen
Date: 12 January 2017

2. What is Personal, Social and Emotional
Development?
Personal: Knowing Who I Am?
Social: Positive Relationships
Emotional: Recognizing Different Feelings

3. What does research say?
Three prime areas underpin all other
learning and development.
● Personal, Social and Emotional
● Communication
● Physical
By Clare Tickell 2011

4. Cont’
The Specific Areas of Development
● Literacy
● Mathematics
● Knowledge and Understanding of the
World
● Arts
are dependent on the development of those
prime areas and are not so time-specific.
By Moylett and Stewart 2012

5. How do we support Personal, Social and
Emotional Development at Prem?
● Prem Early Years Philosophy
● Prem Scope and Sequence
● Class Essential Agreements
● Authentic Learning Experiences
● Student Support Services

6. What can you do at home to support Personal,
Social and Emotional Development?
● Agreed Family Values
● Consistency in Meeting Those Values
● Role Model
● Consequences
● Quality Time
● Positive Reinforcement

7. Activity
● Get into groups of 5 or 6 people
● Discuss/define the scenario(s) of the
photo and how you would respond
● Share your responses to the scenario(s)