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This video clip shows a 10-month-old infant soothing herself when frustrated, focusing her attention in spite of distraction, and organizing her behavior into an effective sequence, thereby exemplifying an area of development called “self-regulation.” Although her attention is temporarily directed elsewhere, she leaves some mental space for the game so that she can pick up where she leaves off. Having these two levels of attention supports the...
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This video clip depicts one year olds using child-sized brooms, showing that it may be useful for them to confront non-trivial problems by using the big brooms and to be successful. Perhaps the very fact that these are grown-up brooms explains why the children love to use them and why they persist.
84) Tricycle Tour
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In this video clip, three-year-old Ella enjoys helping her younger friend Grace, have a ride on a tricycle. In her leadership role, Ella is challenged to guide the tricycle with a seated passenger. Notice that Ella is able to maneuver the tricycle more easily by pushing it backward.
85) Differentiation
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This video explores what differentiation is and gives three differentiating strategies to use in the classroom.
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In this video clip, four-year-old Dusk and his friends are interested in building a track for their racecars. As a provocation, some of the chairs are lined up in the classroom. The children see this line of chairs as a good location for their track. Dusk decides to extend the line of chairs and recruits his friends to help. Listen as he repeats the words “more, more, more!” Watch how Marty responds and how the boys get to work, spurred on by...
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In this video clip, six four-year-old boys meet to rebuild a block structure that was photographed the day before. At two points in this video clip they go to the photograph for guidance. They do not have enough long blocks to finish the roof. At the teacher’s suggestion they look at the photographs and discover that the long blocks were used as the floor and a white tray served as the roof. Michael returns to the block structure to annex it with...
93) Sick Baby
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This video clip shows four year olds Emma, Brenna, and Julia caring for a baby with a ‘boo-boo’. Brenna animates the Mom (doll) who feeds the baby. Julia talks on the telephone. As the children explore their conceptions about friendship, illness, treatment, doctors, police officers, mommies, and telephone conversations, we learn how dramatic play supports children’s social and emotional development.
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In this video clip, five year olds Golden and Emma are playing a game of checkers. Golden is teaching Emma how to play. Notice how patient and flexible he is as he tries to explain the rules and she doesn’t quite follow. Golden seems to demonstrate an understanding that Emma is making sense of the game in her own way. Notice the different ways he scaffolds her learning.
95) Infant Climb
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This video clip shows two infants crawling and climbing in their classroom, illustrating how infants explore their world with their whole bodies.
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When children play outdoors, they are doing more than developing their gross motor skills and self-confidence. They are also experimenting with the physics of their bodies on swings, seesaws, and jungle gyms. This video clip shows a four year old at the playground as he experiments with a board that tilts, depending on which side holds more of his weight. Brayden’s behavior reveals his theories about playground physics; these theories are based...
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This video clip captures two four-year-old friends explaining strategies for writing their names to one another. These children have been in class together since infancy. It is clear that they are very comfortable and trust each other, enough to open themselves up to debate and to receive/offer feedback.
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This video clip shows how a young boy’s curiosity causes him to pull up to a standing position to see what he can see. As he crawls across the floor, Connor appears to know that he wants to stand, and he recognizes that the shelf on the opposite wall will give him support. Notice how the teacher reads his intentions as she moves the teddy bear so that Connor can see it without turning away from the shelf he is holding. She then gingerly offers Connor...