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

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-righ...