3.10 Provide support to individual children who might need additional learning opportunities, adapted materials, or supports (e.g., peer support).
- Adaptations may be the necessary support to increase a child’s participation in everyday literacy learning activities.
Watch: "Getting Kids Involved: Creating Opportunities for Learning"
The adult may modify the environment, activity, material, instruction or provide assistance in order to support the child in participating at his/her greatest level.
Use: All Things Considered poster- Provide materials in a child’s home language when possible. See the following links for Problem Solving Boy and Tucker the Turtle materials in Spanish.
Use: "Problem Solving boy Spanish "
Use: "Tucker the Turtle Spanish "
Make individual materials for specific children. For example, the following material can be used to make wrist cues to be worn by a child as a reminder. Also, this document can be used as a visual cue with Tucker the Turtle to promote the breathing technique.
Watch: "Playing ball"- Consider using a Buddy System to promote social interaction and appropriate play among children in your classroom. A peer buddy can help the child who has difficulty with transitions, difficulty remembering rules and procedures of routines, or who seems to need a lot of peer attention. It is also a nice way to give children experience in learning how to play together, how to compromise, and ways to teach others how to play with toys. The Buddy System tip sheet can get you started.
Use: "Buddy system tip sheet"
Read: "You’ve Got to Have Friends"
