Notice and Recognise

Progress examples to help you notice & recognise a child’s progress.

Use the phases of progress (outlined below) to help you notice and recognise a child’s progress.

Mokopuna express their physical and emotional states through sounds, such as cries or coos, and expressions, such as tears, smiles and waving arms and legs.
Children are curious about the physical sensations and feelings within their bodies and begin to recognise these sensations.
When upset, children rely on familiar people to soothe them and support their sense of harmony.
Supported by their whānau and kaiako, children connect with their spiritual worlds. Children tune into spiritual aspects of te taiao as they seek out sensory experiences and are curious about experiencing these elements.
Mokopuna are attuned to and influenced by the feelings of the people around them and the emotional environment.

Mokopuna feel an increasing range of emotional states and express these in a range of ways, such as words, familiar looks, and specific movements.
With the help of familiar adults, mokopuna try out ways to express and regulate their own emotional states. They might develop familiar or preferred ways to manage their own emotions.
At times, and sometimes unpredictably, mokopuna experience their emotions with an intensity that requires a familiar person to soothe them and support their sense of harmony.
Supported by their whānau and kaiako, children recognise their spiritual connections. Children tune into spiritual aspects of te taiao, begin to connect with living things, have preferred sensory experiences, and try out different ways to experience these elements.
Mokopuna are attuned to the feelings of people around them. The emotional environment can influence children’s emotional state.

Emotional states and use increasingly sophisticated ways to express their feelings, such as dance, drama and storytelling.
Mokopuna can express and regulate their own emotional states using familiar strategies. With guidance and practice, they begin to use a range of strategies to manage their emotions.
Big events and changes may unsettle children such that they experience emotions with an intensity that requires a familiar person to soothe them and support their sense of harmony.
Supported by their whānau and kaiako, mokopuna increasingly understand their spiritual connections and explore what is significant to them. Mokopuna tune into spiritual aspects of te taiao, connect with living things, use sensory experiences to meet their needs, and explore a range of ways to experience these elements.
Mokopuna are attuned to feelings of people around them and have strategies to manage how the emotional environment influences them.

Children feel a full range of emotions, experience complex emotional states and express and talk about their feelings in sophisticated ways.
Mokopuna use a range of strategies to express and regulate their own emotions and support others to manage their emotions. They communicate about their feelings and the feelings they perceive in others.
Mokopuna can tolerate change and unpredictability but may have intense or delayed emotional responses to major events or sustained stress that require a familiar person to soothe them and support their sense of harmony.
Supported by their whānau and kaiako, children build strong understandings of their spiritual connections and communicate what is significant to them. Children tune into spiritual aspects of te taiao, recognise their responsibilities to living things, use sensory experiences to support themselves and others, and communicate about their experiences of these elements.
Children attune to feelings of individuals and group dynamics and can support the wellbeing of themselves and others.