THE ART OF GOOD CONVERSATION

Kindy teacher friends have directed my attention to NZ’s Early Childhood Educational

Curriculum resources published last year, which stress the significance of   quality / authentic/ genuine adult and child conversation. The “serve and return” or Talking Together dialogue between the adult and child is of paramount importance in the child’s oral development and actually right across the educational spectrum. I hope the conversation in this book will inspire caregivers to consider, how we might listen better, and be more intentional in our chats using extended vocab and interesting ideas. I am having a priceless time reading this conversation to children in Auckland’s libraries and especially loving the spontaneous conversational interaction.

One girl – “I saw giraffes at the Zoo but they didn’t say anything to me. They were just quiet.”

One boy- “…what about their chewing noises?

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