In early childhood settings, children and teachers interact all day long. The benefits to everyone―teachers and children―will be huge if just some of those “everyday” interactions can become intentional and purposeful Powerful Interactions! In extending a child's learning hand-in-hand with nurturing a positive relationship, a Powerful Interaction creates the optimal condition for you to teach and the child to learn. - In step one of a Powerful Interaction, Be Present, you pause to tune in to how you are feeling, and consider how you might need to adjust to create a “just-right” fit with a child. - In step two, Connect, you let that child know that you see him; are interested in what he is doing, saying, and thinking; and want to spend time with him. Deepening your relationship this way helps the child feel safe, confident, and open to learning. Staying connected and observant helps you make good decisions in step three. - In step three, Extend Learning, you make use of your strong connection with the child to stretch his knowledge, skills, thinking, or language and vocabulary just a bit. This reflective guide contains everything you need to understand what Powerful Interactions are, how to make them happen, and why they are so important in increasing children’s learning and your effectiveness as a teacher. Whether you work in a child care center or home, Early Head Start or Head Start program, preschool or early primary classroom, you make a difference in the lives of children and families―and Powerful Interactions can make that difference even bigger.

Powerful Interactions: How to Connect with Children to Extend Their Learning

Education & Teaching

Dombro, Amy Laura

Jabion, Judy

Stetson, Charlotte

Schools & Teaching

The National Association of Education of Young Children

6 new titles in this popular series from Teaching Strategies, Inc. This valuable science and social studies resource is a series of step-by-step guides on developing studies about real-life topics that spark children's curiosity. Study Starters begin with topics that children want to explore and help you identify children's questions, learn background information and vocabulary, organize and plan the environment, facilitate investigations, incorporate content skills and knowledge, and involve families. Each Study Starter is available individually, or you may purchase the complete set to receive a free teacher's guide and full-color binder to store the Study Starters and your notes. For preschool and kindergarten.

The Creative Curriculum Study Starters: A Step-by-step Guide to Project-based Investigations in Science and Social Studies: Study Starters 7-12

Children's Books

Teaching Strategies

This DVD provides an in-depth examination of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool and shows how teachers use The Creative Curriculum to guide their thinking and decision making about teaching and learning. After a brief introduction from Diane Trister Dodge, eight 10- to 20-minute segments delve into the learning environment, a day in the life of The Creative Curriculum preschool classroom, intentional teaching in prekindergarten, planning for literacy, planning for mathematics, integrating learning through studies, using The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum for Ages 3-5 to observe and assess children's learning, and building partnerships with families. Filmed in a variety of Head Start and child care settings, each segment is ideal for use at parent workshops and for ongoing teacher study groups. Bonus material: The classic 1988 The Creative Curriculum Video is included in its entirety on a bonus disc.

The Creative Curriculum in Action! for Preschool: User's Guide (English and Spanish Edition)

Jablon, Judy

Research confirms that ongoing professional development is critical to implementing a high-quality curriculum. This powerful new resource empowers those who provide direct, in-class assistance to preschool teachers. This practical, comprehensive guide helps them individualize their support as teachers take small, manageable steps. You will be able to help all of your teachers become more effective in implementing The Creative Curriculum for Preschool --whether it is their first day on the job or they are master teachers with years of experience (and all levels of experience in between). Coaching opens the door to more collaboration and collegial learning among the teachers in your program. Working side-by-side with teachers and administrators, coaches observe in the classroom, offer feedback, and model best practices. They refer teachers to The Creative Curriculum resources they need. At its best, coaching helps teachers make informed decisions that will lead them to teach in the way that children learn best.

The Coach's Guide to the Creative Curriculum for Preschool: A Step-by-Step Resource for Individualizing Professional Development

Jablon, Judy R.

Heroman, Cate

Aghayan, Carol

Observation is watching and listening to learn about individual children. When teachers observe in a purposeful and intentional way, they form better relationships with children and families and become more responsive teachers. A companion to the best-selling book The Power of Observation, this workbook guides teachers through four phases of using observation to teach responsively--asking questions; watching, listening, and recording; reflecting; and responding. Its sixteen exercises are each linked to a 3-5 minute video clip. By taking you inside real classrooms, it enables you to observe children in action as they work and play, interacting with materials, other children, and adults. Observation: The Key to Responsive Teaching is designed for Head Start, infant, toddler, preschool, and kindergarten teachers, and for family child-care providers, staff developers, and college instructors. It may be used by individual teachers or by colleagues who are working together to improve their practice. Administrators, coaches, and college instructors can use the material as part of a multi-week course or as the basis for structured staff development workshops.

Observation: The Key to Responsive Teaching

In early childhood settings, children and teachers interact all day long. The benefits are enormous when even some of those “everyday” interactions become intentional, purposeful, and culturally responsive―in other words, Powerful Interactions®! With these three steps, you can embed Powerful Interactions in your daily work with children from birth through age 8: Step One: Be Present. Pause, tune in to yourself and the moment, and consider how you might need to adjust to create a “just-right” fit with a child. Step Two: Connect. To foster trust and confidence, let that child know that you see her; are interested in what she is doing, saying, and thinking; and want to spend time with her.. Step Three: Extend Learning. Make use of your strong connection with the child to stretch her knowledge, skills, thinking, or language and vocabulary. 
With updated content and research, new examples and insights, and questions to guide group study discussions, the new edition of this bestselling classic covers everything you need to understand what Powerful Interactions are, how to make them happen, and why they are so important in increasing children’s learning and your effectiveness as a teacher. Discover how Powerful Interactions―and you―make a difference!

Powerful Interactions: How to Connect with Children to Extend Their Learning, Second Edition

The National Association for the Education of Young Children

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