Fosters Sense of Community

The professional working with young children fosters a sense of community by encouraging interaction, empathy, connectedness, responsibility, and independence

Resources & Media for Understanding Competency 4.5

Behaviors & Skills

• a
  Provides children with choices and opportunities for decision-making about activities, plans and behavior
  
  
• b
  Arranges groups of children so that they have a visual connection to one another and can interact
  
  
• c
  Selects toys and materials to promote social interaction
  
  
• d
  Engages children in activities and experiences that encourage social interaction
  
  
• e
  Provides enough toys and materials to maximize play and work times and to minimize conflicts between children
  
  
• f
  Supports children in their efforts to communicate their ideas and feelings with peers and adults in ways that help them feel competent
  
  
• g
  Models for children how to care for their peers and for materials
  
  
• h
  Creates opportunities for children of different races, cultures, languages, and genders to work and play together
  
  
• i
  Provides children with time, space and trust to find their own way through conflict
  
  
• j
  Teaches children how to be communicative partners with peers who use augmentative and alternative communication