From an early age, a child’s way of relating to others is determined by his or her temperament, which is partly genetically determined. However, his social skills continue to develop as he comes into contact with people and experiences, from family to school to hobbies.
Social development refers to the ability to build positive, healthy and harmonious relationships with others.
This means being able to communicate emotions and manage them well, taking into account the point of view of others before acting, resolving conflicts, cooperating and participating in group life.
Sport helps improve academic performance and social skills
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The social aspect is very important at the dawn of school. Children will have to face a
sphere much larger than the micro-society in which they have evolved until now, within
the family circle or childcare services.
Favoring early intervention will help a child develop their skills; it is by
meeting new people, rubbing shoulders with different social worlds and
adopting new rules that a child will enrich their social life and develop their self-confidence.
In the family, at school or during extracurricular activities, these encounters will contribute to the
development of their person, their personality and their social integration.
Here are some social skills that children are able to use before starting
school:
Comply with instructions
Playing in interaction with others
Act differently in front of a stranger or a person in authority
Accepting compromises
Use various forms of politeness
Show pride in their achievements
Recognize, name and control their emotions
Living in a community, showing importance for others
Social behaviors are developed from a very young age. Children need
tools, passed on by their family or teachers, to help them progress toward the
school world in a favorable way.
Each child develops at his or her own pace. After 5 years, he began to understand
social and family rules. Emerging behaviours :
Seeking adult approval and trying to please
Cooperate within a group (with adult support)
Assert yourself, speak in public with ease
Rivalry and conflict
Working on a group project
Be competitive and compare your abilities
Be able to apologize and find gestures of reparation (tenderness, gift…)
The child becomes increasingly aware of their strengths and differences. As a
marker of their social development, we will observe their ability to make friends,
get along with others, work in a team and be a good leader – and help them
develop these skills.
It has been proven that extracurricular activities help improve children’s academic success
(See our eBook on the benefits of extracurricular activities). During an activity, and
especially a physical one, children develop several skills that will make them
better adults: discipline, determination, humility, team spirit, communication,
perseverance, self-sacrifice, managing emotions…
Outside the family environment, children learn to adjust their actions to those of others. It’s when children develop a sense of belonging to a team that they better understand the need to respect the rules and be true to their commitments.
