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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 children to promote their language development.

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.

This in-service suite describes how teachers can plan efficiently for conducting ongoing assessment of children's learning in the preschool classroom.

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This in-service suite describes how to collect and use anecdotal records to document child progress.