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Adult–Child Interaction

Teacher with a child outdoors, pointing to something in the child hands.Adult–child interaction refers to the dynamic exchanges and relationships between educators and young learners that foster meaningful learning, social and emotional development, and school readiness. The resources in this collection focus on building and strengthening adult–child interaction. Strategies include creating positive discipline, encouraging curiosity, self-regulation, and using questions to support learning.

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.

Building a Solid Foundation

This in-service suite introduces the foundation of the Framework for Effective Practice. It focuses on engaging interactions and environments.

Let's Talk About You

Learn about the importance of building relationships with infants, toddlers, and their families in Head Start programs.

Schedules and Routines in AIAN Programs

Daily schedules and routines help keep you organized. Research shows they also influence children’s social and emotional development. Learn how to develop your classroom schedules and routines in ways that will help you create and sustain a lively but well-organized classroom.

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.

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