Language Modeling and Conversations: Novel Words
Discover ideas and activities for introducing new or novel words into everyday conversations with children. Learn how to engage them in rich conversations.
Adult–Child Interaction
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 inclusive environments, positive discipline, encouraging curiosity, self-regulation, and using questions to support learning.
Engaging Interactions: Fostering Children's Thinking Skills
Learn how to create classroom environments where children feel safe to explore, experiment, and express thoughts and ideas. Explore three key strategies to foster children’s thinking.
Engaging Interactions: Scaffolding Children's Learning
“Scaffolding” means to provide children with just the right level of support to help them successfully complete a task. This webinar shares three main scaffolding strategies.
Engaging Interactions: Using the Scientific Method
Use the scientific method’s five steps to help expand children’s understanding of their environment.
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.
American Indian and Alaska Native Teacher Webinar Series
The AIAN Teacher Webinar Series features in-service suites that can help teachers and home visitors better understand and identify effective teaching practices.
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.