Engaging Conversations with Older Infants: Avocados
Teacher: Should we make a discovery? Should we check and see what's inside the avocado? Huh? What do you think is in here? What do you think is inside? Inside the avocado. Andrew, you're working on getting inside the avocado. Andrew is opening up his avocado. Let me see, friends. Oh. You are experimenting with rolling your avocado because it's so round. You too, Mia? You going to roll it around the table?
Infants and toddlers engage in conversations with each other and adults through verbal and nonverbal back-and-forth exchanges. Notice how the educator sets the stage for conversation. How does the educator respond to the infants’ verbal and nonverbal communication?
