This Early Childhood Learning Trajectory looks at children’s progress in social and emotional learning to help teachers and educators plan the next steps in their learning and development.

About this resource

Social and emotional learning involves skills such as children distinguishing their own needs from those of others, learning to effectively identify and manage emotions, and building and maintaining positive relationships with others.

You can use this Early Childhood Learning Trajectory to observe children’s progress in social and emotional learning and to plan the next steps in their learning and development. 

For more information about this Early Childhood Learning Trajectory, read our Social and emotional learning video.


Keywords: early childhood education and care, ECEC, learning trajectories, social learning