Engaging Children in Conversations, Birth to Five
Find out about teaching practices to engage infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in conversations that can support learning in the classroom.
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Find out about teaching practices to engage infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in conversations that can support learning in the classroom.
"Thick" conversations are the extended back-and-forth exchanges between a teacher and a child. This in-service suite describes teaching practices to engage infants, toddlers, and prescholers in "thick" conversations.
Learn strategies for using questions to extend conversations with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Conversations help children develop varied vocabularies. Find out how to use everyday talks with children to help them learn more vocabulary words.
Expansions are ways to expand on what a child says or does during a conversation. This in-service suite describes how to use expansions to extend conversations with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers to promote their language development.
Learn how to use technology in the preschool classroom.
Find out how predictable routines help infants and toddlers build a sense of trust and security. Learn tips for creating meaningful routines.
This webinar focuses on using the scientific method to support children’s cognitive and language development. It also addresses how education managers can support teachers to infuse science throughout the day.
View this webinar to explore a framework for supervision and support of teaching staff. It provides examples that focus on helping promote preschool teachers’ use of effective classroom interactions.