[Habiibo Saneey]

In everyday interactions with children, I use responsive exchanges such as open-ended questions, active listening, reflective statements, narrating and expanding on their activities, and problem-solving together to encourage communication, validate emotions, and promote learning and growth.

[Isabella]

Always make sure you are communicating and showing the child that you care and that you want to talk and play with them. Create a safe and healthy environment to the best of your ability. Give eye contact and listen when a child is speaking.

[Corey]

I think it’s important to be responsive to the children in your care always, even during positive interactions. This way, the relationship is built, and the child will be able to trust you and to become more calm in a situation of stress.

[Jayhla tatro]

Playing with the kids, talking with them, and interacting with them

[Rubi Ruelas]

Share some examples of responsive exchanges you may want to use in everyday interactions with children.

“The active ingredients in building resilience are supportive relationships with parents, coaches, teachers, caregivers, and other adults in the community.”

I would say that responsive exchanges would be look like creating a safe and supportive environment, having trained and skilled providers, creating healthy and fruitful relationships with one another, and in turn, teaching children how to navigate and manage their stress, helping them find healthy ways to regulate their behavior, assisting them in solved problems by using effective communication (words), and teaching them by planning ahead with structure and routine, using this as a secure base of stability.
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[Kim Arman]

Responsive exchanges are as simple as paying attention, providing a safe space, and helping children through coping mechanisms when they are upset. The key is consistency and being able to provide a nurturing environment for children.

[Mandy Hung]

I would use muppet and act for situations and ask kids what would be their response. Then I will act it out different responses and let the children find out the best solution or provide them with other possibilities that they didn’t think of to respond to.

[Shailaja]

Some examples of responsive exchanges would be active listening , playing, comforting, guiding when they don’t know what to do and always talking to them in eye level when they need help etc will help children to feel secure and nurtured .

[Shailaja]

By modelling the behavior what you expect your kids to be and also by being there for them in all the situations and helping them cope up with difficult situations by themselves just by guiding them..for eg, if they are crying after beating an another child , I can tell the child it’s okay to try but it’s not okay to hurt another child and I will ask him to calm down in cozy corner till he has regulated his emotions. This will help build the child resiliency to stress.

[Stephanie]

Examples of responsive exchanges: playing a game with your students, talking to them, reading stories together, and singing and dancing together.

[Maria Bernal]

Some examples of responsive exchange must be warm, respectful, listen children when they are talking.

[Maria Bernal]

examples of responsive exchanges I may want to use in everyday interactions with children. Share time with them with different activities such as reading a book, playing a game, listening about their preferences. Interacting with them us to know what they need to learn and help them to develop their skills to grown as a person and to builds their future relationship.

[Kaydence Meikle]

There are a lot of ways, kids are going to get upset naturally, so when this does occur it’s important that you walk the child through how to respond to the stress.

[Karen Henderson]

Always listen, support and acknowledge. Playing and being a positive, happy role model helps the child to feel they are important. It helps to say you hear them and understand what they are saying. Support and empower them!

[Sara F.]

Responsive exchanges include meeting the child at eye level or below, actively listening to the child and providing physically closeness and time/space to process or release their feelings. Responsive exchanges also engaging the child in conversation and play, as well as attending to their needs to provide warm, supportive care.