Social & Emotional Learning Across Developmental Stages

Social and emotional learning (SEL) plays a critical role in how children grow, communicate, regulate emotions, and build relationships. Educators can support SEL by understanding how early experiences starting in the prenatal stage shape a child’s later emotional health. This website highlights three developmental stages (prenatal, toddlerhood, and early childhood) and provides SEL strategies, milestones, family supports, and examples of how to encourage self regulation in the classroom (CDC, 2024).