Ethan and Kai, 3 years, work for 7.5 minutes to complete a large puzzle of a fire truck. The pieces are large enough for the boys to see printed on the piece most of a recognizable part of the fire truck, such as half of a tire, most of a window.
When children are very young, say in the first year of life, we can see patterns in their behavior. We give these early patterns the status of a routine or a habit. We say "Boo", and they smile. They see a string hanging from the
This video shows children of different ages working to accomplish the same thing – engage in communication with peers. Watch as pair of infants, a trio of one-year-old children, and a pair of two-year-old boys uses different strategies to communicate with each other.
Infants (time code 0:05 to 0:30)
Does the boy in front of the glass think that the boy behind the glass expects him to take the tape? Bennett, inside the classroom, lifts the tape to Anders’s eye-level and sticks it to the glass (00:01, 00:10). Anders, in the corridor, reaches as if
In this video clip, we find an interesting variation on a previous video clip in our library titled, “How Spaces Support Social Play.” In that video we provided our analysis of the affordances of a space to support rules of running to and running back between well defined features of the room: a cozy nook of cushions o
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