Teachers foster intrapersonal and interpersonal responsibility by building strong relationships, encouraging thoughtful problem solving between and among children, helping children negotiate their own solutions, fostering respectful listening skills, allowing risk taking without punitiveness, setting appropriate limits and responding in an encouraging manner. D. Active Involvement and Problem Solving. Young children's thinking capabilities are developed by seeking solutions to both concrete problems from their immediate environment as well as novel problems. Teachers provide experiences that enable children to observe and interact with people and real objects. E. Language and Literature Development.
Children learn language through dynamic and purposeful interactions with peers as well as adults.
Teachers provide meaningful opportunities to engage in dialogue and conversations for a wide range of purposes. These opportunities are represented through a multisensory and print-rich environment that includes invitations to create and respond to talk and various print sources, especially high quality children's literature. F. Integrated Curriculum. Young children need to be engaged in activities which contribute to awareness of their social and physical environments. Teachers provide related activities in mathematics, literature, science, social studies, health, art, music, movement, and other content areas through integrated learning experiences around topics of interest.