FAM1043 - Preschoolers 7 videos
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Children Add Structure to an Open Space (practice)
In this video clip, we find an interesting variation on a previous video clip in our library titled, “How Spaces Support Social Play.” In that video we provided our analysis of the affordances of a space to support rules of running to and running back between well defined features of…
Subjects: rules
Ages: threes
Tags: closed captions games spatial relations body paper children-children
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Space Map (practice)
Lettie and Golden are working together in the Space hallway of the their school. They are engaged in a dramatic play scenario where both children are acting out space travel. As you watch the video, observe how their previous knowledge of space, maps, and travel are expressed in their play….
Subjects: props
Ages: threes
Tags: pretense closed captions
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Building Support (practice)
Sammy and Lincoln, both three-years-old, are working to build supports on which to balance a large board. The boys initially have different ideas about where Sammy should place the rectangular block he is holding. Sammy says, “I want to put it right here” (1:01–1:04). Lincoln replies, “But that’s too close…
Subjects: blocks
Ages: threes
Tags: threes children-object communication negotiation listening collaboration ramps closed captions
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Children Asked to Reflect on Gravity Wall Actions (practice)
Two children have approached “The Gravity Wall” with balls in hands, but initially are not using the switch back paths of the tracks in the gravity wall to make the balls roll here and there, drop through gaps, and occasionally bounce to a higher level. They just throw the ball…
Subjects: balls
Ages: threes
Tags: teacher-children teaching prediction incline physics science closed captions
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Dinosaur Hatching (practice)
This video captures children engaged in a dramatic play scenario about a dinosaur family. Sammy, in the blue shirt, is the baby, and the blankets represent the egg from which he will hatch. The video starts at a point in the children’s play where they are debating the size of…
Subjects: body
Ages: threes
Tags: children-children pretense science animals closed captions
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Pretending to Sleep with Puppets (practice)
Notice that the children in this video lay their puppets down for a pretend sleep, and also lay themselves down to pretend sleep. You might view this as a double pretense, since the puppets are clearly inanimate objects that can only pretend, but the children themselves could actually sleep. What…
Subjects: dolls
Ages: threes
Tags: affection pretense
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Protecting Sluggy the Snail (practice)
Children have a great curiosity about little creatures that move. As adults, how do we help children form a more complex relation to bugs and slugs that creates an empathic me-to-them connection? In this clip the teacher begins by asking the girl to give the slug a name. Watch the…
Subjects: pets
Ages: threes
Tags: child-teacher animals care outdoor play nature empathy closed captions