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1.0 Attachments to Parents (Continued)<br />

At around 48 months of age<br />

Examples (Continued)<br />

• Shows the parent a drawing she has made at<br />

school that day.<br />

• Shares information about parents with a teacher<br />

(e.g., “My dad caught a fish!”).<br />

1.3 After experience with out-of-home<br />

care, manage departures and<br />

separations from primary family<br />

attachment figures with the<br />

teacher’s assistance.<br />

Children show affection to the family caregiver<br />

when the adult departs at the beginning of the<br />

day but may need the assistance of a teacher<br />

in coping with separation.<br />

At around 60 months of age<br />

Examples (Continued)<br />

Examples Examples<br />

• Gives the father a hug and kiss and lingers near<br />

him as he prepares to leave the child at preschool<br />

in the morning.<br />

• Begins to fuss as the mother departs but soothes<br />

easily with the primary caregiver at school.<br />

• After a distressing fall, cries for the mother but<br />

is reassured when reminded that the mother will<br />

return at the end of the day.<br />

• Manages his feelings after the parent leaves by<br />

playing with favorite objects, carrying personal<br />

objects around the room, and so forth.<br />

• Switches to the language typically used at home<br />

when the parent arrives.<br />

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• Reports to the teacher about helping with a chore<br />

at home.<br />

• Shows the attachment figure what she has been<br />

working on at school.<br />

1.3 After experience with out-of-home<br />

care, comfortably depart from<br />

primary family attachment figures.<br />

Also maintain well-being while apart<br />

from primary family attachment<br />

figures during the day.<br />

Children are eager to begin the day in<br />

preschool. They respond affectionately to<br />

the family caregiver as the adult departs<br />

and have little difficulty being separated.<br />

• Runs into the preschool at arrival to greet friends,<br />

then runs back to the mother for a hug and kiss<br />

as she departs.<br />

• Eagerly waves good-bye to the father as he<br />

leaves, then turns to a favorite activity.<br />

• Greets the parent with conversation in the home<br />

language at the end of the day.<br />

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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