36-42 months old (3-3.5 years old)

• The child at this age and stage becomes better in social skills. The child would want to voluntarily help the caregiver to complete all house chores and can meet personal needs alone. However, the child at this stage still needs the help from parents to better “cooperate” and “share.”
• The approval and attention from the caregiver is highly important for the social emotional development in children. Such children like to make the caregiver laugh and receive positive feedback of interpersonal interaction through the interaction with the caregiver.
• Help the child learn to take turns through counting. For example, when there is only one swing and needs to take turn, count for the child to swing and count from 1 to 10, and the other person will play after counting to 10. The child can learn to take turns under expected and prepared conditions rather than interrupting the child’s game directly, which will reduce emotional ups and downs.
• Sing songs and read stories familiar to the child. Hold the child to boost the intimate interaction and let the child learn to fill the blanks. For example, the mother can sing “twinkle, twinkle,” and the child can sing “little stars” in order to complete one song together the proper encouragement will help boost the cooperation behavior of the child.

42-48 months old (3.5-4 years old)

• The child at this stage is becoming more familiar with the rules of cooperation and taking turns. Although the child often cooperates in games, the child may need the adults to solve problems from time to time. Children will grow stronger and stronger perception of emotion and the adults should help naming the emotion, so that the child can boost his/her comprehension proficiency of emotion, while the autonomy will also become higher (i.e. preferred to chose own clothing.” 
• Let the child become a “Super Helper.” Within the scope of the child’s capacity, let the child finish different house chores and the parents can eventually lead the child to complete through dismantling procedures. The parents should give encouragement immediately, which not only develops autonomy but also boost positive self-concept, so the child can complete different task alone.
• It is inevitable for the child to be injured during the game process. The adults then can show who to gently touch and hug children injured with comfort. Meanwhile, children will be taught stating the comfort words, boosting and practicing the empathy in children.

48-54 months old (4-4.5 years old)

• The child at this age is becoming more independent. The child can correctly put on shoes, going to the bathroom in the absence of adult’s assistance, serving rice independently and cooperating with other children the child will voluntarily comfort frustrated children and play games by rules. The level of order compliance will become higher. 
• The child will eventually learn to play games by rules. Leading the child to play games or desk games meeting the age development stage (i.e. red light, musical chairs) to help the child comprehend rules, in addition to introducing concepts of taking turns and cooperation. The process also trains children with impulse control capacity.
• Following the boosting of emotional expression capacity in children, take the child to acquaint with diverse emotional expressions and let the child answer story related problems through the different emotional stories (i.e. what’s wrong with the dinosaur? Why did it cry?). Guide the child to learn emotional detection, identification and expression.

54-60 months old (4.5-5 years old)

• The child at this age can meet the personal needs of most people. Practice or assistance with completing more difficulty tasks may be required. The child performs better in social skills, playing and cooperating with other children. The child would also try to solve the problems and dilemma encountered in social interaction.
• Role-play games with the child can set up different social etiquettes in the process. The parents demonstrate proper consulting, response and solution. Taking the children practice repeatedly and increase child’s positive experience in the interaction process, thereby boosting proper interaction skills.
• The child can better express emotion. Allowing the child to answer questions related to the emotional stories and tell their own emotional stories. The parents can first demonstrate and guide the child to share the possible emotional perception and expression under different situations. The child will be guided to practice his/her emotion but there will be different solutions.