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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Thick and Thin Conversations, Birth to Five
"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.
Asking Questions, Birth to Five
Learn strategies for using questions to extend conversations with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Novel Words, Birth to Five
Conversations help children develop varied vocabularies. Find out how to use everyday talks with children to help them learn more vocabulary words.
Expansions, Birth to Five
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.
Early Essentials Webisode 7 Practice Moment: Environments that Support Learning
Use this video to find ways to reflect and deepen practices to create welcoming environments for infants, toddlers, and their families.
Managing the Classroom: Designing Environments
Discover features of the physical and social classroom environment that can maximize children's engagement and learning. Learn to assess the physical space and match classroom content to learning goals and interests.
The Supervisor's Role in Building a Solid Foundation for Engaging Interactions
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.