These tools (often loved or hated) can become a screen that interrupts and interferes with our ability to deeply connect with the child. She has linked (through excellent first hand examples) how adults need to interact rather than to interfere in the encouragement of spoken language needed for deep thought.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Offers practical guidance on developing high quality interactions to better scaffold childrens learning and development. We were reminded of the importance of our human tendencies, our inborn predispositions for communication and gregariousness. There will be ample time for discussion and reflection on what has been seen, ultimately coming to personal decisions about how best to tune in to children’s current thinking and respond in ways that are of benefit to their learning and development. In this week’s Conversation with Antonella Cirillo, which we will share at our webinar on Tuesday 9 November at 19.I've been teaching for 19 years and found this a very useful and challenging look at the fine details of how we interact with children.

With its illuminating examples, the book shows how you can best tune into and respond effectively to young children's conversations. It is neither the full-blown interaction or strict non-interference – it is nuanced and influenced by our observation based on knowledge of the children and by the moments of shared learning.

With its illuminating examples, the book shows how you can best tune into and respond effectively to young childrens conversations.

As well as writing books, Julie is also an author of a number of articles on early childhood education. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Her advice to wait, watch and wonder provides a wise guide to our daily work with children, and an opportunity to more effective team work, particularly when mentoring colleagues and sharing our learnings about children from our observations.It exemplifies how interactions are most effectively sustained and how developing high quality interactions can better scaffold and support childrens learning and development. With the increasing emphasis on performance and outcome measures imposed on schools this book is a timely reminder to stop and think about how we educate and how children actually learn.

From the practitioners and children’s point of view, careful preparation of the environment offers greater opportunities for both interaction and non-interference; however, observation is the key to learning more about when to interact and when not. Julie Fisher is an independent Early Years Adviser and Visiting Professor of Early Childhood Education at Oxford Brookes University.

This professional, human connection opens windows to emotions the child feels and dispositions the child activates. An essential professional text that challenges the reader to carefully consider the role of the adult when supporting young learners. Identifies the key components of effective interactions and how implementing these can improve the quality of childrens learning Contains transcripts of interactions from baby rooms through to Year 2 classes which exemplify key messages Provides prompts you can use to analyse and improve your own practiceWritten in the authors exceptionally clear and accessible style, this book is indispensable reading for all students and practitioners working and studying in the early years. Politicians should read this book but then they already know how to educate our children don't they.