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Serve and Return
July 20, 2017
Imagination is one of our most powerful tools. What we can imagine, we become.
-Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
-Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
"Serve and return interactions make everyday moments fun and become second nature with practice. By taking small moments during the day to do serve and return, you build up the foundation for children's lifelong learning, behavior, and health—and their skills for facing life's challenges." This from Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child Filming Interactions to Nurture Development (FIND).
"Child-adult relationships that are responsive and attentive—with lots of back and forth interactions—build a strong foundation in a child’s brain for all future learning and development. This is called 'serve and return,' and it takes two to play! Follow these 5 steps to practice serve and return with your child.
- Notice the serve and share the child's focus of attention.
- Return the serve by supporting and encouraging.
- Give it a name!
- Take turns...and wait. Keep the interaction going back and forth.
- Practice endings and beginnings."
Source: Filming Interactions to Nurture Development (FIND) (Harvard University Center on the Developing Child)
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Displaying 1 CommentPennsylvania, United States
The adult should be attentive and responsive to the child--whether as parent or caregiver. It builds the relationship with the child, and is the gateway to all learning. It shouldn't come as a surprise---children need to feel cared about and loved in order to develop and learn and then, they will learn how to build positive relationships as well---rooted in care and respect.
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