Young children are constantly learning \u2014 everything is new to them. Here
are some adult-child interaction strategies that will help foster children\u2019s
active learning and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Join children in their play. <\/strong>Get on the floor with children, join them at Imitate what the children are doing; that is, play with the same Make observations and comments about what you see the Ask open-ended questions<\/strong>, but not too many. Open-ended Follow children\u2019s pace and interests<\/strong>. Belinda was measuring the Young children are constantly learning \u2014 everything is new to them. Hereare some adult-child interaction strategies that will help foster children\u2019sactive learning and development. Join children in their play. Get on the floor with children, join them ata table or in the sandbox, play games with them \u2014 become engagedin what they are doing! Imitate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":432,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1945","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mazzeii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mazzeii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mazzeii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mazzeii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mazzeii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mazzeii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mazzeii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1945\/revisions\/2170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mazzeii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
a table or in the sandbox, play games with them \u2014 become engaged
in what they are doing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
materials in the same way as the children.<\/strong> For example, an adult
gives Emma a portion of play dough that has marbles hidden inside.
Emma squeezes the dough with both hands. The adult also squeezes
the dough with both hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
children doing. <\/strong>While watching Emma squeeze the play dough with
the marbles hidden inside, the adult comments, \u201cIt looks like you have
lots of marbles in your dough.\u201d Emma responds, \u201cYeah, and I am
going to pick them out and line \u2019em up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
questions encourage children to talk more, because these types of
questions cannot be answered by a simple yes or no. <\/strong>For example, an
adult lays out puzzle pieces and asks Nathan, \u201cWhat do you think this
puzzle picture might be?\u201d Nathan responds, \u201cI think it\u2019s a bear
because\u2026look\u2026it\u2019s furry.\u201d Rather than asking more questions about
why Nathan thinks it looks furry, the adult waits until he completes the
puzzle and comments, \u201cIt looks like you were right; it is a big, grizzly
bear.\u201d Questions can help get a conversation going, but it is more
important not to overwhelm a child with too many questions.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
number of giant steps to the garage at her grandma\u2019s house. She then
turned around at the garage door and decided to make \u201ctiptoe\u201d steps
to the sidewalk. Her grandma followed Belinda by making tiptoe steps
to the sidewalk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"