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.
Presentation [PPTX, 83MB]
Optional Slide [PPTX, 966KB]
Presenter Notes [PDF, 1.7MB]
Learning Activity: Practicing Responses that Expand—Infants and Toddlers [PDF, 107KB]
Learning Activity: Practicing Responses that Expand—Preschoolers [PDF, 106KB]
Learning Activity: Capturing Expansions Video Activity—Infants and Toddlers [PDF, 216KB]
Learning Activity: Capturing Expansions Video Activity—Preschoolers [PDF, 174KB]
Learning Activity: Developing an Action Plan [PDF, 108KB]
Tips for Teachers: Ways to Expand Young Infants' Communications [PDF, 307KB]
Tips for Teachers: Ways to Expand Older Infants’ and Toddlers' Communications [PDF, 303KB]
Tips for Teachers: Ways to Expand on Preschool Children’s Words [PDF, 418KB]
Tools for Teachers [PDF, 106KB]
Tools for Supervisors [PDF, 113KB]
Helpful Resources: Infants and Toddlers [PDF, 125KB]
Helpful Resources: Preschool [PDF, 121KB]
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Topic: Teaching Practices
Keywords:Teacher-child interaction
Resource Type:Video
National Centers:Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning
Last Updated: October 11, 2019