Practicums 1, 2 and 3 11 videos
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The Challenge of Changing Terrains
Stepping down a stair or running off the edge of a patio comes second nature to even young children. But have you even thought about the micro-decisions that a child must make to negotiate a changing terrain? Some of these decision are rather profound in their complexity and timing, such…
Subjects: body
Ages: mixed
Tags: closed captions narration running climbing stairs platforms outdoor play
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The Hidden Value of Routine Activities
In this video clip, we observe five children working individually to make similar figures out of clay. This experience is repeated a thousand times a day in preschools across the country. However, many college methods courses in ECE cite such activities as less than optimal practice. These courses make rather…
Subjects: clay
Ages: fours
Tags: children-teacher symbolization closed captions
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Find the Story
When observing children in class (or video), try to find the ‘story’ rather than write a report. The list-like structure of a report contains no unfolding struggle, no protagonist or antagonist, no resolution, no irony, surprise or human interest. “The Importance of Imitation” could be one story theme that you…
Subjects: water
Ages: fours
Tags: closed captions child-child communication maintaining play imitation
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Does Body Movement Influence Our Way of Thinking?
In this video Luna, has been invited to draw, using pastels over paper that has been placed on a ramp on the outside deck. Luna begins her work by moving her body up and down on the ramp, and in between the movement she makes marks on her paper. Luna…
Subjects: body
Ages: threes
Tags: closed captions body movement drawing representation
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Not Just Play!
Please note: There is no sound track on this video. Kieran, a three-year-old boy, glues do-dads on a two-by-four. As he works and thinks about the sequence of his actions, Kieran figures out how to eliminate steps by putting extra glue on his applicator and by grabbing two objects at…
Subjects: glue
Ages: threes
Tags: reflective thinking child-object spatial relations sequence efficiency
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Learning to Talk about Goals and Strategies
Your first impression in watching this video clip of water play might be that the teacher asks the children many questions. But we must be careful to analyze the form of a conversation before discussing it. How often does the teacher ask the children to provide a strategy to solve…
Subjects: water
Ages: threes
Tags: problem solving science funnels children-teacher closed captions
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Questions to ask young children about causes
A teacher can focus children’s thoughts via her questions, as you will observe in this five-minute video. The children are rolling toy cars down a ramp. A bell on a string hangs from a tunnel through which the ramp passes. The larger car reliably makes the bell ring as it…
Subjects: toy cars
Ages: threes
Tags: causation inclines revisiting children-teacher teaching closed captions
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Play as Data (videative)
This video demonstrates how a three year can clearly teach a peer. It also demonstrates how our observation can shift from finding skills that mark standards to finding the story that reveals the child’s cleverness. The story more fully captures the child’s cleverness. Thereby, the story serves as better data…
Subjects: zippers
Ages: threes
Tags: collaboration language empathy
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What Twos Know About Shoes
Putting on a pair of shoes can be as challenging to a two year old as repairing a car is to an adult. Watching children attempt and accomplish this task reveals many instances of high-level thinking and indicates what children know about these complex objects. See if you can find…
Subjects: shoes
Ages: twos
Tags: child-object classification spatial relations persistence closed captions
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Math Play Begins before Counting (videative)
Mathematical thinking spans our life from the child’s first use of the word “more” to an adult trying to maximize retirement income. A child begins with some basic understanding of “this is more than that” and later the child can reason “this is all of that.” And it is a…
Subjects: containers
Ages: mixed
Tags: math
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Assessing the Quality of Collaborative Play
This video clip of three children playing in a water basin offers us insights into what it takes to maintain high quality group play. Following are several guidelines regarding what you might notice as you summarize the quality of the children’s collaboration. 1) Do the children share the same objective?…
Subjects: water
Ages: fours
Tags: child-child communication negotiation maintaining play