Following Infant's Lead
Woman 1: Watching Ella. You want to go see what Ella's doing? He's really watching you. You like the colors on her shirt maybe?
Woman 2: I'm going to get you! You're excited. You're excited. Where is Anthony? What do you see? What do you see? You see Emma? Or you see shapes?
Woman 1: You have all these toys in front of you, Dream. So many choices.
Woman 2: [Gasps] You want to touch the puppy? I know. You want to [inaudible] Touch. You have your fingers on it. It's soft. Puppy. Woof, woof, woof. Touch, touch, touch.
Woman 1: Is that the puppy?
Woman 2: Good. Yeah. How it feels? It feels soft.
Woman 1: Excuse you.
Woman 2: You try to open?
Woman 1: Excuse you.
Woman 2: We try to open?
Woman 1: Did you burp?
Woman 2: Whoa! What the puppy doing? [Gasps] Puppy's chewing on the slippers.
Listen to the educator’s responsive narration of the infant’s interests. What does the educator do to foster the infant’s participation and engagement in the learning environment?
