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Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.65,0:00:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children under three, especially toddlers\Noften have a very negative reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.85,0:00:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those terrible twos.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.60,0:00:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We often think toddlers are unruly,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.94,0:00:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are very egotistical,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.68,0:00:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which they are and need to be for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.54,0:00:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We often think of them as being\Nvery difficult to handle,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.98,0:00:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very difficult to discipline…
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.54,0:00:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before the will develops\Nthere is an energy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.07,0:00:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is directing the child’s development.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.52,0:00:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That energy is referred to as the Horme.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.05,0:01:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Horme is sometimes defined as a life force.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.74,0:01:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s evident in all living organisms.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.45,0:01:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s that force that pushes that organism \Nto become what it is supposed to become.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.63,0:01:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. Montessori talked about the idea that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.93,0:01:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are able to touch\Nthe periphery of the child.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.22,0:01:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The exterior of the child if you will,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.69,0:01:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there is a center inside that child.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.09,0:01:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And inside that center is this secret of childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.76,0:01:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This incredible bundle of energy\Nthat she called Horme.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.78,0:01:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what is the core\Ninside of each of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.88,0:01:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we’re born with and\Ngiven the ability to construct ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.02,0:01:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No parent taught their child to speak\Nor taught their child to move,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.31,0:01:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was because they are driven from inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.09,0:01:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Young children have a very active Horme.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.47,0:01:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So children aren’t being disobedient to adults.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.14,0:01:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’re really obeying this very strong, \Nvery internal force that they can’t deny.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.28,0:02:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a child who has to move all the time \Nis being moved from inside to do that movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.31,0:02:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s the power of this Horme.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.04,0:02:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature knows that’s the process
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.52,0:02:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is putting that child on\Nthat path of development
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.06,0:02:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can stand and free their hands\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.41,0:02:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they can explore the environment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.20,0:02:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that’s when we need to give them materials
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.18,0:02:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to manipulate, to develop the control\Nand coordination that happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.50,0:02:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The art of working with young children
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.61,0:02:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to try to figure out what it is \Nthey are needing to do--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.63,0:02:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are being pushed \Nto do from this energy--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.41,0:02:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask them to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.32,0:02:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freedom is a point of arrival.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.97,0:02:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not where we begin.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.10,0:02:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not a point of departure.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.16,0:02:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And children are given various freedoms, \Ndepending on their increasing ability
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.28,0:02:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to handle the responsibilities \Nthat come with those freedoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.29,0:03:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Montessori talked about\Nthe development of the will.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.84,0:03:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That as a child’s will developed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.98,0:03:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their ability to make a choice and \Ntake responsibility for that choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.56,0:03:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it had enormous impact on their ability \Nto function in a social setting,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.22,0:03:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a set of rules, accepting\Nthose rules gradually,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.65,0:03:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether or not they even agreed with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.48,0:03:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child first starts out just lifting their head.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.08,0:03:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then slithering.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.74,0:03:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can’t even notice it sometimes\Nwhen they are slithering,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.66,0:03:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of a sudden you notice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.35,0:03:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are two feet from where \Nthey were when I looked last.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.60,0:03:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, slowly, rolling from back to front.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.25,0:03:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually crawling.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.10,0:03:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And pulling up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.15,0:03:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And attached walking and walking…
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.52,0:03:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then beyond that \Nwith the challenges of running.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.84,0:03:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as they walk, they \Nwant to start running and climbing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.49,0:04:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and challenging themselves\Nin more difficult ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.31,0:04:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we look at the whole continuum \Nfrom birth to three,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.40,0:04:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of gross motor
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.10,0:04:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as fine motor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.72,0:04:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the development of the grasps,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.43,0:04:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from reflexive all the way to a fine pincer grasp,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.09,0:04:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can learn by the age of nine months
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.60,0:04:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they are given the opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.20,0:04:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the materials to help \Nthose muscles to develop,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.08,0:04:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to help those\Nneurological pathways to connect
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.44,0:04:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can use their hands \Nto affect their environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.05,0:04:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Movement is the key.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.59,0:04:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s through movement that we develop our brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.36,0:04:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An environment for young children \Nreally has to have enough space
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.64,0:04:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the environment itself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.28,0:04:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not an obstacle \Nto their development.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.57,0:04:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And often unconsciously \Nwe create those obstacles
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.60,0:04:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making spaces too small or too cluttered\Nor too crowded with furniture
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.12,0:04:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they really can’t practice \Nthe movements they need to practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.78,0:04:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes the obstacle is an adult’s attitude.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.06,0:05:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Stop moving so much.”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.41,0:05:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Stop climbing up and down off the chair.”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.72,0:05:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Stop pushing, stop pulling, stop climbing… stop…”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.92,0:05:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the movements they need to practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.62,0:05:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We often try to stop them \Nbecause it is an annoyance us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.63,0:05:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet we have to understand that \Nto perfect their gross body movements,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.86,0:05:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also their hand movements, \Nthey HAVE to practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.52,0:05:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they need a lot of practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.57,0:05:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the environments they need \Nfor the whole first three years
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.98,0:05:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to change significantly.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.05,0:05:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the change is based \Non their developmental needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.52,0:05:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hand is so allied to \Nthe development of the brain
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.21,0:05:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the work of the brain
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.39,0:05:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes I think we shortchange it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.85,0:05:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by not giving enough to the work of the hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.00,0:05:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neurologically, children can make \Nwhat is referred to as a primitive pincer grip,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.48,0:06:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a very flattened kind of \Nindex finger and thumb grip.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.49,0:06:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s a neurological acquisition.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.85,0:06:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To move this from this real tight \Nflattened pinched movement
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.42,0:06:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a refined pincer or what’s called \Na mature pincer is experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.17,0:06:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s not neurological-
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.66,0:06:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it creates a neurological pattern,\Nbut that comes from experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.45,0:06:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This comes from neurological development.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.54,0:06:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of our children are stuck here?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.81,0:06:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than being allowed \Nto move to something like this? \NAnd it comes early.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.88,0:06:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still if you are a three-to-six teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.87,0:06:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see children coming \Nin to your environments
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.30,0:06:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with very immature hand skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.15,0:06:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s simply environment that has caused that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.74,0:06:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not their brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.66,0:06:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not. It’s just their experiences\Nthat have caused that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.98,0:06:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the second year the child\Nis becoming a socialized human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.62,0:07:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up until that point they are very egotistical.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.75,0:07:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But gradually they come to understand\Nthat everyone in this group has certain needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.01,0:07:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has certain rights. Not just me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.62,0:07:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as they understand that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.12,0:07:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this social development is occurring simultaneously\Nwith the Horme declining in its power
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.88,0:07:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the will becoming stronger and stronger.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.91,0:07:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we support that development \Nby giving young children choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.34,0:07:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also allowing them to experience\Nthe consequences of those choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.34,0:07:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We empower them by giving them choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.62,0:07:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do A or B.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.49,0:07:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ve controlled the situation \Nby the choices we give them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.27,0:07:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we empower them to make that choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.84,0:07:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“You need to get off the table.”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.39,0:07:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Can you do it by yourself or \Ndo you need me to help you?”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.77,0:07:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“We’re going outside.”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.20,0:08:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you put your shoes on by yourself \Nor do you need some help?”
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.92,0:08:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.68,0:08:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we can empower them that way, \Nwe’re also feeding this developing will.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.53,0:08:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they are making choices \Nthat they then get to see the responsibility for. ..
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.06,0:08:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think one of the secrets to making\Nall of this work with toddlers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.68,0:08:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to have very few rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.41,0:08:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have one overriding rule:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.32,0:08:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may do nothing that hurts yourself, \Nothers or the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.54,0:08:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think of that overriding rule,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.67,0:08:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gives you such a big parameter \Nto guide this development.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.98,0:08:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we try to use a positive approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.67,0:08:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“We walk inside, we run outside.”
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.83,0:08:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“We talk inside, we yell outside.”
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.54,0:08:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we give them all of these limits, \Nif we want to call them limits,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.34,0:09:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by voicing them in a positive way.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.60,0:09:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If children are living in an environment \Nwhere there are no limits,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.21,0:09:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they can do anything they want, \Nwhenever they want, however they want,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.86,0:09:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is absolute abandonment. \NThe greatest fear of a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.36,0:09:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that the limits that we do create, \Nand there aren’t very many,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.07,0:09:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the ones that are there are very clear, \Ngive a child the structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.88,0:09:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give them the security of knowing\Nthis is what I can do here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.53,0:09:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I can’t do here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.94,0:09:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And gradually, they reach a point where \Nthey can consciously choose to obey that structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.02,0:09:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practical Life with toddlers is interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.70,0:09:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s often messy. It often involves a lot of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.76,0:09:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you just know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.49,0:09:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that’s part of the attraction of it to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.20,0:09:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a lot of collaborative work \Naround Practical Life in the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.67,0:10:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as the adult, we watch \Nhow their motor skills are coming along,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.37,0:10:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how their cognitive skills are developing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.63,0:10:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as they appear to be able to do bits\Nand pieces of a piece of work independently
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.12,0:10:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the collaboration diminishes \Nand they take over more and more of the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.08,0:10:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Till the next thing you know, \Nthey are doing the work independently.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.64,0:10:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People marvel sometimes that these children\Nare able to bake bread, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.41,0:10:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The smell of baking bread \Nis a great aspect of a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.16,0:10:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is a contribution they are making \Nto the communal lunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.54,0:10:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not something that\Nthey are just doing for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.54,0:10:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their initial motivation is of course,\Nan egotistical one.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.88,0:10:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the lunch itself, someone asks: \N“who baked this bread today? It is so good.”
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.69,0:11:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Thank you so much for baking this bread.”
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.92,0:11:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Yes! Pizza!”
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.94,0:11:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I go into an environment\NI’m looking for order and cleanliness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.36,0:11:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the appropriate materials for specific ages.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.79,0:11:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that is challenging for teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.80,0:11:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they first come out of training
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.84,0:11:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is which materials do I have in my environment?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.01,0:11:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However you don’t always have\Nevery single child that needs
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.58,0:11:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single material that’s \Nin your album at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.84,0:11:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have to look at \Nthe children that are there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.18,0:11:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That are present.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.45,0:11:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are there things on the shelves\Nthat children don’t even look at? Or notice?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.36,0:11:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That environment needs to be dynamic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.07,0:11:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It needs to change \Naccording to the child’s needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.96,0:11:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that doesn’t mean we change \Nthe entire environment every week.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.75,0:12:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it does mean that we have to observe.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.73,0:12:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To pay attention to what the children are using,\Nwhat they are not using,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.90,0:12:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they are misusing as well\Nbecause that can be also a flag telling us…
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.84,0:12:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay, this is not \Nan appropriate material right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.56,0:12:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are trying to use it \Nand it’s just not working
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.40,0:12:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are not getting anything out of it, \Nand they are actually being destructive with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.16,0:12:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it’s not feeding a need.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.37,0:12:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I’m looking to see that the materials\Nare connected with the children.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.17,0:12:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somehow helping the teacher\Nto understand that also.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.36,0:12:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To train her to observe, to train her eye \Nto see those kinds of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.90,0:12:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What the child really needs\Nin terms of their motor skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.90,0:12:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of their interests.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.80,0:12:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it is not only about\Nability and what they can do,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.10,0:12:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s also about what they are interested in.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.96,0:12:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children of this age are showing us\Nevery day what they need.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.26,0:13:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Child: “Look it!”\NTeacher: “Can you see your face in the mirror?”
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.70,0:13:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meeting the child’s needs \Nand realizing they will get there one day.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.12,0:13:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have their own path.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.19,0:13:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are also going to do it very differently\Nthan the way that you do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.07,0:13:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you’re going to go in
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.54,0:13:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you finally do that button presentation\Nyou’re going to do it perfectly!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.41,0:13:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they’re going to go in\Nand they’re going to pull.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.37,0:13:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they’re going to try and –you know—\Nrip that button off
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.43,0:13:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they really want it to\Nget out of that hole right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.68,0:13:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you’re going to have to be patient\Nwith that and allow the child.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.94,0:13:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s not that you didn’t \Ndo your presentation correctly,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.30,0:13:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s that the child is learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.31,0:13:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are in a process.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.87,0:13:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to see what\Nthey need before we just step in.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.78,0:13:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That classroom has to be immaculate clean.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.95,0:13:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be able to organize \Nthe toilet education, toilet awareness,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.29,0:13:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the snack, the food preparation,\Nthe practical life.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.78,0:14:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that toddler class, \Nyou know that at the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.18,0:14:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the moment that that child \Ngoes into the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.97,0:14:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he will touch everything. Everything!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.56,0:14:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the toilet environment there is no way\Nyou can say you can not touch this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.03,0:14:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would start with very few things.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.14,0:14:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With many conversations,\Nbasically it is a matter of order, routine,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.34,0:14:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to go into the toilet, \Nhow to take off your clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.05,0:14:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to change your shoes…
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.67,0:14:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they are such tiny little things\Nthat you have to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.58,0:14:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so to establish a routine
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.79,0:14:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also to establish that\Nthe child feels very comfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.37,0:14:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the child feels that he can predict\Nexactly what’s happening in the classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.75,0:14:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Order is extremely important for the child.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.67,0:14:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in setting up the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.44,0:14:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So things need to be found in their place.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.49,0:14:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the adult needs to help in that process.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.88,0:14:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With children under three,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.57,0:14:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can’t expect them to be \Nputting things back from where they are…
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.69,0:14:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from age 8 weeks, it’s a process that happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.67,0:15:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Nido, it rarely happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.05,0:15:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s the adult that’s keeping the order.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.20,0:15:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the child still needs to be able\Nto find what they need to
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.76,0:15:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to satisfy whatever development\Nis going on inside of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.86,0:15:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if they are working\Non that four-finger-to-thumb grasp,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.37,0:15:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can go over and find\Nthe rocking base where it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.18,0:15:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not going to move to a different area.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.80,0:15:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though they can’t put it back.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.59,0:15:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need to be able to find it there\Nto satisfy their development.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.36,0:15:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then when they get to the infant community,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.100,0:15:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they start to understand things \Ncan be found in the same place.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.32,0:15:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how order is;\Nit gives security to the child.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.55,0:15:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They form points of reference \Nthat makes them feel more comfortable
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.66,0:15:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their environments so that they can find things.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.64,0:15:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually they don’t learn\Nhow to put their work away
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.14,0:15:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until they are transitioning to the primary.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.03,0:15:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s kind of one of the signs \Nthat we know they’re ready
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.64,0:15:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they can do a complete cycle of activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.66,0:16:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the beginning, they’re just going over \Nand working at the shelf.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.32,0:16:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing where that item belongs.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.50,0:16:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as things move along, they might \Ntake that item to rug or to a table to work with.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.25,0:16:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it stays at the table. It doesn’t get back.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.35,0:16:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at least they know work goes on a rug or a table.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.09,0:16:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s a sense of order \Nthat they’ve gotten from the environment
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.75,0:16:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of the adults and \Nin terms of other children.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.87,0:16:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they start putting their work back \Non any shelf in the classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.74,0:16:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that rocking base might go \Nin the shelf that has shoe cleaning on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.03,0:16:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any shelf in the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.78,0:16:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they have internalized that order.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.15,0:16:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That work goes on the shelf.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.28,0:16:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know that that work goes on a shelf.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.74,0:16:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don’t go over and put it in the sink. \NThey put it on a shelf.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.49,0:16:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they have internalized that order.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.69,0:16:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they are putting it on any shelf,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.48,0:16:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then eventually, \Nthey’re putting on the correct shelf.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.32,0:17:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in the correct spot, \Nbut on the correct shelf!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.23,0:17:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then finally, it goes on that spot where it goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.32,0:17:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having works that are complete\Nas well is important.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.54,0:17:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that means that all of the cloths \Nfor handwashing need to be present,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.15,0:17:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,otherwise the child can’t be successful\Nin doing handwashing
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.18,0:17:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he doesn’t have a towel to dry his hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.91,0:17:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we need to make sure that the child \Nwhen they are done replaces those cloths
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.81,0:17:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they don’t then we’re replacing those cloths.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.49,0:17:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are no more cloths, \Nthen we’re removing the material somehow.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.50,0:17:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Putting it somewhere it’s not available anymore
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.68,0:17:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the child doesn’t understand \Nthere are no more cloths.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.28,0:17:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will go over and they will still try to do that activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.79,0:18:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being comfortable with getting messy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.39,0:18:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being comfortable with letting children \Ndo things that aren’t in your album,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.62,0:18:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being comfortable with allowing them to make mistakes, \Nto see what happens if they do things in a different way,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.52,0:18:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like that are challenging \Nwhen you are working in a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.10,0:18:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to give up a lot of control \Nand be patient and breathe
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.14,0:18:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have a strong center and be really grounded.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.22,0:18:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Open to accepting these children’s possibilities \Nand their accomplishments.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.28,0:19:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what an accomplishment is,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.35,0:19:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an accomplishment is learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.51,0:19:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having a smile and being joyful
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.18,0:19:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feeling good about yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.63,0:19:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are there because you are the support
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.46,0:19:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are the one \Nthat prepared this physical environment
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.10,0:19:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the child can do that independently, \Ncan do that work,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.67,0:19:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can succeed and can gain that feeling \Nof normalization
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.25,0:19:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of using their mind and body together \Nto be a happy human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.52,0:19:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That positive experience of being able \Nto do for himself and to succeed
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.53,0:19:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without anyone interrupting \Nis going to stay with him
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.91,0:19:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that’s what we want him to take away.