Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Emerging Literacy: Linking Social Competence to Learning
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From Cooing to Talking: Partners in Conversation
Handout 7: Talking, Playing, Teaching, and Learning
Instructions: Your group was assigned one or more of the stages of language development as described in Appendix C. Your task is to teach the participants in the other groups how to talk with and respond to a child at this stage. To accomplish this task, complete the following steps. You will have 30 minutes to complete steps 1 through 5.
Talking
- Choose a member of your group to serve as the facilitator.
- Read about the stage assigned to your group.
- Discuss this stage with the other members of the group—what children do and what families and Head Start staff can do to support language learning.
Playing
- Plan a role-play to teach the other participants about this stage, including:
- The nonverbal and verbal communications of a child
- How families and Head Start staff can talk with and respond to the child
- The nonverbal and verbal communications of a child
- Practice the role-play.
Teaching
- Present your role-play to the other participants.
Learning
- Enjoy watching and learning from the role-plays of other groups.
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