Social Interaction
Professional Development Session
Format: Mixed model, 2 hour interactive session; Prior to the session: read selected state publication pages, articles and handouts, and view the PowerPoints and streaming videos. During the session, discussion and group work.
Group learning always involves social interaction. The ease and skill with which children interact with adults and peers in a preschool classroom or family child care program, and the competence with which they assume their roles and responsibilities as group members, significantly influence how they learn (California Preschool Curriculum Framework, Volume 1). Prior to the session, participants will read selections from state publications, access and read the articles and handouts, and view the PowerPoints and streaming videos. During the interactive session, participants will discuss classroom environments, materials, interactions and planned activities to support the development of social interaction skills.
