interact effectively with children - collaborating with children about interests

[knickers]

hi this is all new to me first time eva not sure if im even doing this rite but i hope so im having heaps of trouble with one of my questions on my assignment any feed back would be greatly appreciated its ''describe how you would callaborate with a child about their interests.Ensure that u included how u would *consult with a child and the communication methods u would use
*how u would encourage new ideas
*how u would allow the child sufficient time to express their ideas
*how u would act upon the suggestions of individual children as well a small and large group suggestions
i have wrote pages of ideas but i think i am over thinking the question and none of my writing seems rite thank u for taking the time to help.....

[Kaz]

What ages are you looking at?
I did school age as that was the group I was working with at the time and it wsa easy,
We sat down and did up a 'so-called' wkly chart of things the child wld like to do or interrested in(this from my ob's as well).
If younger age's than ask parents, ob's on what they are playing in area's...
To encourage new idea's you can just do 'add ons' from what you were doing with them. eg: Play dough - move into home corner if a child is interested in cooking.
time framing is a hard one, that one is a ever on going thing I find, soem children are more happy to tell you intestersts etc one on one were others are happy to yell it out in a group setting.
to act on a individual again start with asking if anyone else likes this activity eg: cooking "who's been watching master chef? and than work from there.

Hope that helps a lil

[knickers]

thank u so much for the reply gunna sit down and work with that now thanx again

[little yellow]

Hi Knickers,
I'm doing the exact same questions at the moment. I'm asuuming you have finished this module by now but sing out if you need any help with any others as we must be doing the same booklets
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[knickers]

thank you so much little yellow but ive had to put more course on hold as my lil boy got very sick and with hospital trips and lil to no sleep i couldnt find the time to go do my hours at the centre but maybe in a few months i can start it up again i hope.. But thank u again. And best of luck with ya course.

[little yellow]

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope he gets better soon. I do Family Day Care so I haven't had to go into a center luckily as that seems very time consuming if that isn't your current work place.

Good luck with everything

[knickers]

yeah i do 3 and a half hours monday tuesday and friday and at the moment its just hours i dont have which is very dissapointing but i hope to be able to start it back up next year