Often a child playing alone is in her own imaginative place in her head. If that’s the case, teachers must respect that and stay out of the child’s place.
What would have happened if a teacher had come over and asked the child to tell her what she was doing/assess the child’s verbal skills, for example? How would the teacher get a more genuine view of the child by merely listening to the child at play as opposed to trying to enter the child’s play or ask specific questions for assessment purposes?
Often a child in that place doesn’t want an adult watching or paying attention to her. This child seemed to be considering whether she wanted the adult watching. At the point when the child looks at the camera the adult looks in another direction while keeping the camera focused on the child.
When the other child enters the girls space at clean-up time, what does he need? How would you meet his needs?
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