Curriculum Responsive to Children’s Interests: Home Visiting Video 2
Teacher: Oh, remember? You said you were going to show me a game that you created with your cousins? It involved a water bottle, and then you had a ball. Do you remember? And we were going to do that today. Do you want to move on to that?
Bella: Yeah.
Teacher: OK.
Mother: OK. Mommy brought water bottles.
Mother: Do you want to help peel these off?
Bella: I want to go get a ball.
Mother: Yeah, first, let's peel these off. Which ball are you going to get?
Bella: I don't know. Like, a little ball.
Teacher: Is that a ball back there?
Mother: It's probably a little heavy.
Bella: It's not heavy, but we need a small one.
Mother: What about we make a ball?
Bella: We need a small ball.
Mother: OK, you can find a small ball.
Bella: We need to do it this way. We need to place it this way.
Teacher: So you created this game all by yourself, Bella?
Bella: Can you move that box, mommy?
Mother: Yeah, of course. Look. Mommy fixed it a little bit. Ready? Strike them out. Go.
[Laughing]
Bella: I can't. I missed.
Mother: Ready? And, oh. How about we move them a little bit, and we roll it on the table?
Bella: Oh yeah, that's a great idea. We need to roll it all the way here.
Mother: So, you can put them at the end of the table, because you know how you have to roll it down the lane?
Bella: Oh, yeah.
Mother: Do you want to do it like that, or right here? And then we'll put this one right in front, like that.
Teacher: How many bottles do you have?
Bella: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.
Teacher: Good job.
Mother: Ready? So we have to roll it on the table.
Teacher: Oh, how many did you knock out?
Bella: One, two ... Wait, one, two, three, four.
Teacher: Good job.
Mother: And how many are left on the table?
Bella: [Inaudible]
Mother: I think these have to be a little empty, Bella. Because if not, you're never going to strike them out.
Bella: This one's not empty. This one's empty, and this one's a little bit empty.
Mother: Let's see.
Bella: And you knock them down.
Mother: Do you want to pick those up so we can stack them again?
Bella: Yeah.
Teacher: We'll help.
Bella: My grandma is helping me.
Teacher: Yes. Thank you, grandma, for helping.
Grandma: You're welcome.
Mother: One, two. Do you know how many we have, Bella, in the first row in the back? How many are back here?
Bella: One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
Mother: Four and four equals?
Bella: Wait, I want to count them all. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
In this short video clip, find ways to implement a responsive curriculum. This clip appears in the Implementing a Curriculum Responsive to Children's Interests 15-minute In-service Suite.
