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Trainer Monitored Discussion -“Serve and Return” in classrooms
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Trainer Monitored Discussion -“Serve and Return” in classrooms
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There are many ways an early learner caregiver can create a “serve and return” environment. This can be done during circle time, group/individual reading, and play.
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Early learning providers can create a “learn and serve” environment by providing children with a choice work time. Children have a chance to decide what they want to play with and the time is entirely child directed.
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I love playdough as a serve and return activity. Asking open ended questions and acknowledging their ideas when they share them.
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I think helping kids after they try doing something that may be difficult, after only a few times, because it changes the total atmosphere of the relationship with the child when you tell them to figure it out, instead of showing them how
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Circle time activities: Call and Response, songs , Kids learning several skills i.e. listening for their name, taking turns.
Small group & one on one time in the classroom setting…many opportunities for “Serve and Return” throughout the school day. Allowing kids the time to find their own voice and share ideas.
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Naming something that a child wants or is using is an easy way to engage in serve and return.
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I believe that circle time can be the greatest chance to create a serve and return environment in a classroom setting with several children. Not only can this be done between the care giver and the children, but between the children themselves.I believe that circle time can be the greatest chance to create a serve and return environment in a classroom setting with several children.
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i would say honestly by showing interest in what the children are showing you. and playing with them if they bring toys over to you too.
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After I realized how often we can use the serve and return method! It could be as simple as allowing them to pick a book that you read to them. When playing with them giving them the opportunity to suggest is a very important step.
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Early learning teachers can create a classroom environment that captures the children’s attention. As a child focuses on something, the teacher can engage by asking open-ended questions, and when the child answers the questions, the teacher’s responses are encouraging and supports their statements or interests. When the child asks a question, the teacher uses the third step (name it) when they answer the child’s questions, or when they comment on the child’s observations. As the teacher continues to interact with the child, the teacher is using the fourth step (take turns back & forth). The teacher notices (using the fifth step: practicing endings and beginnings) when the child changes the subject and engages them in a conversation or interaction about the new subject. Or if the child moves to a new area, the teacher notices and interacts with the child as the child plays with something new, starts a drawing, reads a book, etc.
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Many activities can help build a serve and return relationship. One being, rhyming and singing songs together.
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One example of how to create a “serve and return” environment includes completing an interactive read-aloud with a child. This can include sharing the focus on a story, supporting the child with their curiosity, naming things within the book, taking turns pointing to illustrations, and practicing beginning to read by opening the book and ending the story by closing the book. Thus, a shared and interactive read aloud can help to practice service and return.
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How do you think early learning providers can create a “serve and return” environment in their classrooms? – I think a “serve and return” environment can be made with any interaction with a child. If a child is talking to you or asking a question, always make sure to respond to them, even if you don’t know the answer to the question.
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How do you think early learning providers can create a “serve and return” environment in their classrooms? I think by giving the child a chance to have hands on experience, through play or crafts, maybe even reading to them and having them try to repeat words or turn the pages, creating art, using building blocks etc
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Circle time, outdoor play time and arts and crafts are great ways to create the “serve and return” method!
