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21) Infant Climb
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This video clip shows two infants crawling and climbing in their classroom, illustrating how infants explore their world with their whole bodies.
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In this video clip, four-year-old Dusk and his friends are interested in building a track for their racecars. As a provocation, some of the chairs are lined up in the classroom. The children see this line of chairs as a good location for their track. Dusk decides to extend the line of chairs and recruits his friends to help. Listen as he repeats the words “more, more, more!” Watch how Marty responds and how the boys get to work, spurred on by...
25) Sick Baby
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This video clip shows four year olds Emma, Brenna, and Julia caring for a baby with a ‘boo-boo’. Brenna animates the Mom (doll) who feeds the baby. Julia talks on the telephone. As the children explore their conceptions about friendship, illness, treatment, doctors, police officers, mommies, and telephone conversations, we learn how dramatic play supports children’s social and emotional development.
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In this video clip, three-year-olds Henry and Caleb watch how feathers and fabric behave differently in two wind tubes made from fans and Plexiglass, highlighting variables that present opportunities for discovery. The design of the space allows several children to play at the same time and to enter the play at their own level, encouraging discovery.
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In this video clip, six four-year-old boys meet to rebuild a block structure that was photographed the day before. At two points in this video clip they go to the photograph for guidance. They do not have enough long blocks to finish the roof. At the teacher’s suggestion they look at the photographs and discover that the long blocks were used as the floor and a white tray served as the roof. Michael returns to the block structure to annex it with...
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This video clip shows a 10-month-old infant soothing herself when frustrated, focusing her attention in spite of distraction, and organizing her behavior into an effective sequence, thereby exemplifying an area of development called “self-regulation.” Although her attention is temporarily directed elsewhere, she leaves some mental space for the game so that she can pick up where she leaves off. Having these two levels of attention supports the...
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This video clip captures two four-year-old friends explaining strategies for writing their names to one another. These children have been in class together since infancy. It is clear that they are very comfortable and trust each other, enough to open themselves up to debate and to receive/offer feedback.
32) Evan Shows Jose
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In this video clip, four-year-old Evan shows Jose, a new child, his favorite parts of the playground. In the first segment Evan speaks and gestures to Jose, showing him how to put his foot next to the bottom of the wall. Next, Evan demonstrates to Jose, who stands holding onto a vertical pole, how to use the pole as a pivot for walking round and round. Jose tries this on another pole but bumps into horizontal bars that stop him from going all the...
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In this video clip, five year olds Golden and Emma are playing a game of checkers. Golden is teaching Emma how to play. Notice how patient and flexible he is as he tries to explain the rules and she doesn’t quite follow. Golden seems to demonstrate an understanding that Emma is making sense of the game in her own way. Notice the different ways he scaffolds her learning.
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This video clip shows how a young boy’s curiosity causes him to pull up to a standing position to see what he can see. As he crawls across the floor, Connor appears to know that he wants to stand, and he recognizes that the shelf on the opposite wall will give him support. Notice how the teacher reads his intentions as she moves the teddy bear so that Connor can see it without turning away from the shelf he is holding. She then gingerly offers Connor...
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This program gives parents of preemies the essential information and emotional support they need. This specialized program answers common questions about the NICU, shares success stories, and most importantly, prepares the family for life at home. Volume 3: Going Home covers: preparing for discharge, being at home with a preemie, SIDS, early development, and possible long-term complications.
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In this video clip, infants Olivia and Michael explore an unusual object, a toy harp. At first Olivia fingers the features that protrude. The teacher models how to pluck the wire strings to make a musical sound. Olivia is intrigued, but on her way to try this new strategy, she cannot resist fingering the protruding posts once again. She changes her movement from a pinch of the post to a grasp of the string, followed by a pluck made by swiping the...
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In this video clip, an 11 month old rotates, probes, and rubs a white shell. Let’s try and figure out what he might be thinking. By reading his actions as high level thinking we reveal the incredible intelligence manifest during the first year of life, intelligence that is sadly often reduced to phrases like “hand-eye coordination” or “using the five senses.” Watch this video and decide if you agree that Truman is actually comparing these...
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This video clip can be studied via several dimensions: the affordance of playground structures to support social play, the way the children adjust the rules of “Ring Around the Rosy” to fit the environment, and the way the children adjust their actions to avoid getting dizzy and their subsequent use dizziness as part of falling down.
40) The Cold War
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This is a timeline of events in the history of the Cold War, from 1945 to 1991. The Cold War was a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of World War II, as they tried to prevent each other from gaining too much power, with the threat of nuclear weapons looming.