FAM1043 - Kindergarteners 11 videos
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Summit Writes his Name (practice)
The children in this video are writing their names on a shared piece of paper. Summit, the boy in the middle, first traces over two dotted letters created by Jenny, the preschool teacher, to support him in getting started with writing his name. After tracing the first two letters, he…
Subjects: letters
Ages: fours
Tags: writing spelling literacy children-teacher closed captions
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Helping with Homework (practice)
Alexis’s mom talks with her child while drawing a special picture for him. Young children form their first relationships and begin to make meaning of the social and physical worlds in their home language. Learning that takes place within the context of the parent-child relationship and supports the child’s ongoing…
Subjects: body
Ages: fours
Tags: dual-language child-parent drawing literacy
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Evidence for Dragon Destruction (practice)
In a walk through the forest near their school, these children discover the remains of an adult tree. The missing parts cause them to wonder what happened. One child speculates that a dragon took down the tree. Rather than ask if dragons are real, the teacher uses this opportunity to…
Subjects: outdoors
Ages: fours
Tags: science pretense children-teacher outdoor play
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One Drum is Not Enough (practice)
Jadon starts with two drum mallets and two drums, but quickly decides he needs more drums. Watch carefully the pattern of his hits. What do the additional drums add to the strategies he uses to create sounds? Does he have a sense that all the drums need to be hit?…
Subjects: drums
Ages: fours
Tags: closed captions music drums symbols creativity
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Two Together on the Huge Smart Board (practice)
Faith and Jadon share the electronic easel that is connected to a computer that recognizes the movement of their pens. They can chose different colors, vary the thickness of their marks, and add to their combined results on the white board. The work itself looks random, but look closely at…
Subjects: paint
Ages: fours
Tags: computer markers painting drawing technology closed captions
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Jadon Draws on a Huge Smart Board (practice)
Jadon has an idea of what he wants to draw using the technology of a smart board, like a huge iPad on the wall. Watch his strategies and figure out: a) how the large scale effects his choices; b) how running out of white space influences his choices; and c)…
Subjects: markers
Ages: fours
Tags: symbols drawing computer technology
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What to Count? (practice)
In this video clip, Declan, Luther and Quinton are building towers by spanning toilet paper tubes with cardboard rectangles. During the construction, Luther and Declan try to compare the number of levels between their two towers. There are other interesting moments in this video clip. Rather than giving you our…
Subjects: blocks
Ages: fours
Tags: children-object math counting logic communication closed captions
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Reading aloud: I love my white shoes (practice)
Tomas, four, years old, has heard “I love my white shoes” many times. Nevertheless it is amazing to hear him recite with great expressivity and emotion the highlights of the story about the cat whose shoes change color. He turns the pages as he recites the story. See if you…
Subjects: books
Ages: fours
Tags: memory reading closed captions literacy
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Building Towers with Unifix Cubes (practice)
Ben and Lane, two four-year-old boys, work along side each other building towers with Unifix cubes. As the clip beings, the children share their goal, to build towers that are “big” and “high.” Here’s what they say: Lane exclaims, “Ben, look how high it’s up to me. Ben, look how…
Subjects: blocks
Ages: fours
Tags: spatial relations measurement communication children-object closed captions
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Flashlights and Fun (practice)
Elizabeth, Eduardo and Emily appear in this video. They are each four years old. Spanish is the predominant language spoken in their homes. Elizabeth and Eduardo have a copy of the book, Whose Mouse Are You? with predictable text. The children have heard this story in Spanish and in English….
Subjects: flashlights
Ages: fours
Tags: closed captions communication language dual-language children-children
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Balance scale play: Random or reflective? (practice)
Two four-year-old boys are working with a balance and a collection of gourds. Tyler explains, “We’re trying to get this to go this way, and this one’s too heavy.” Emerson quickly invents a solution. He adds a second gourd to the lighter end, making the combined weight heavier. Tyler is…
Subjects: simple machine
Ages: fours
Tags: science balance math closed captions children-object