Circle time
All children expected to participate
Whole group
Noticing a child interested in playing with dramatic play materials
Informal observation
Putting pictures on shelves
Labeling
Matching the right practice to the child's needs or ability.
Appropriate
Allowing children to choose activities the teacher will participate in
Child lead
Allowing children to choose how to sit
autonomy
Setting up activities before children arrived
prep/prepared
Expecting children to wait by the door for 4 min
long wait
knowledge of the process of child developmental stages
developmentally
Moving to each area of the classroom
circulating
Child singing and dancing during circle time
Engaged
Reading and singing to toddlers helps them develop
language
Allowing ready children to go out side with a teachers while others are getting ready
best practice
Activities, lessons, environments, and interactions that make up the learning children receive
Practice
No space for children to move freely
crowded
2 Toddlers dancing or sitting on the teachers lap listening to a story.
Small group
Areas set up and organized for a specific type of play
Interest centers
Children sitting at the table while teacher heats lunches
unprepared
Telling me what and how to complete a task
clear expectaions
Questions with no right answer
openended
Inappropriate
Positioning a changing table so you can see all areas during diapering
supervision
During this time children typically take off their coats, run around dump toy bins, roughhouse, and fight
transition
Tell me what to do
positive guidance
Unit blocks, people, cars, and animals organized in an area together
interest center