The faculty at TBSCC is reading the book, Beyond Behavior Management, by Jenna Bilmes. The textbook takes us through the "six life skills" that every child should have to thrive in today's world. The book discusses effective teaching strategies to help children move through these different stages of development.
As teachers in the Sunshine classroom, it is our responsibility to facilitate children's social development by helping them create and maintain friendships and connections with people outside of the home. However, it is important to recognize that children become affiliated in ordered stages. Solo play, adult-child play and parallel play are the beginning stages of play for children. There is little direct interaction between children at this time. Dyad play (playing interactively with another child and identifying someone as "a friend"), small group play and large group play begin to develop once the initial stages of play have been mastered.
Yesterday, Zachary and Brett wanted to play with the dinosaurs. They cooperatively brought the basket of dinosaurs to the rug and began using imaginative play with each other to create a dinosaur attack scene. Shortly thereafter, several other children moved into the area to join Zachary and Brett in their make-believe world. We heard growls and chomps and squeals of delight as 6 Sunshine children interacted and cooperatively played together.
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