8
Dimensions for Development and their Corresponding Areas
Specific Area
Infants
Personal, Social and •
Emotional
Development
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Communication and
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Language
Development
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Enjoys the
company of
others and seeks
contact with
others
Responds to what
others are paying
attention to
Engage in playful
interactions that
encourage babies
to respond to and
mimic
Uses voice,
gesture, eye
contact and facial
expression to
make contact
with people and
keep their
attention
Uses pointing
with eye gaze to
make requests,
and to show an
interest
Reacts in
interaction with
others by
smiling, looking
and moving
Encourage
playfulness, turn
1 & 2's
Play alongside
others
• Enable children
to explore
• Play
cooperatively
• Repeat greetings
at the start and
end of every
activity
• Help them
understand the
feelings of others
• Allow enough
space for children
to move and
explore
• Encourage
children to see
adults as partners
in their learning
• Expresses own
preferences and
interests
• Help children to
use and care of
materials
• Enjoys rhymes
and
demonstrates
listening by
trying to join in
with actions or
vocalisations
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3.4 & 5's
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Can play in a
group, extending
and elaborating
play ideas
Takes steps to
resolve conflicts
with other
children
Ensure that
children have
opportunities
over time to
know everyone in
the group
Confident to
speak about own
needs, wants,
interests and
opinions
Provide regular
opportunities for
children to talk to
their small group
about something
they are
interested in or
have done
Share rhymes,
books and
stories from
many cultures
Joins in with
repeated refrains
and anticipates