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Trainer Monitored Discussion -“Serve and Return” in classrooms
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Trainer Monitored Discussion -“Serve and Return” in classrooms
Trainer replied 1 day, 14 hours ago 150 Members · 433 Replies
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when a child shows interest in something they are serving. a return in an adult would be them responding in a supportive way. 5 steps- share the focus, support and encourage, naming items, take turns back and forth, and practice endings and beginnings.when a child shows interest in something they are serving. a return in an adult would be them responding in a supportive way. 5 steps- share the focus, support and encourage, naming items, take turns back and forth, and practice endings and beginnings.
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early learning providers can create a serve and return environment in their classrooms by playing with the children and be aware that when a child shows interest in something they are serving. a return in an adult would be them responding in a supportive way. They can share the focus, support and encourage, naming items, take turns back and forth, and practice endings and beginnings.
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In the case of young toddlers, early learning providers can help them clean up after spilling crumbs. By doing this, children will learned the basics of doing the cleaning themselves but also know that you are there in case they need help. They will learn to trust you how a reliable person to help them.
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a child wants to read a book. They say a word, and you repeat the word to them.
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Early learning providers can serve and return by providing as much attention as they can to each child, and all of their questions, needs for comfort and affection, and give them positive reinforcement. Children need to know that teachers and providers are there to help them and keep them safe, to develop healthy trust with adults, and allow them to develop “normally”.
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Nadia
MemberNovember 20, 2022 at 8:56 pmServe and return can be done anytime and in any activity in the class It needs you support and encouragement either they are with giving face expressions of your involvement or showing interest
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How do you think early learning providers can create a “serve and return” environment in their classrooms?
By providing many different activities, toys, books etc. that a child can easily access, show interest, and have the caregiver respond to their interests. Turning their attention to what a child is focused on, knowing when a child has switched interests to transition to the next thing, and engaging with the child by talking about what their interested in, explaining what it is, how it tastes, what it sounds like, engaging the senses and building curiosity.
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Tim
MemberNovember 23, 2022 at 12:47 amProvide free time for teachers to interact with children and allow them to choose what they play with while teacher returns. Provide plenty of options for toys, books, activities, spaces in classroom.
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Observe and acknowledge children’s choices/ interests and interact with those decisions. Present an idea or activity and follow their lead! Provide strong conversations that let you in on their thought process and help them develop connections between those thoughts. Always be with them at their level!
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Honestly, if you’re engaged in your children and what they’re doing, this serving and returning concept really just takes care of itself. At least in my experience, the serving and returning manifests in the way one communicates and interacts with the children. It’s how I naturally respond to them. I think it’s really important to us as care providers and early learning teachers to remember to talk TO and WITH the children, not just AT them. And giving them a chance to response! They aren’t like little pets we make commands to and survey all day, they’re tiny people who deserved to be treated and talked to as they are–people! And just like how we talk to any other person, we put in our input, and wait for a response! Sometimes it takes a while to get a response, or maybe we don’t get a response at all, but we can rest easy knowing that connections of all sorts are being made in the minds we choose to interact with in a dynamic and intentional way.
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El Sollman
MemberNovember 29, 2022 at 12:09 amEarly learner providers can create a “serve and return” environment in their classroom by showing interest in what the children are interested in, supporting that interest and encouraging them to explore it more, help them name what they are exploring, take turns exploring back and forth, and practicing being done exploring one thing and moving onto the next.
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By providing many opportunities for a child to explore new things, you create serve and return possibilities.
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Caitlyn
MemberDecember 8, 2022 at 10:47 pmI think by having a wide variety of materials and lots of time that is dedicated to child led play. Also making sure that the ratio of teachers to students or children is low enough to allow for individual or small group attention.
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Amber
MemberDecember 9, 2022 at 5:58 pmAn example of serve and return in classrooms can be having circle time for children to point out their favorite things in the classroom, and take some time to learn about those things together. For example, if a child likes a picture of an animal that is hung in the classroom, the teacher could take the picture off the wall and talk about it, what sound it makes, what things it does in the wild, etc.
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Alexis
MemberDecember 10, 2022 at 5:51 amShowing interest in things they like, answering questions even if seem obvious to you, you must remember they are new to almost everything in the world and taking time to answer what we might think as silly questions could really help the growth of a child.