![]() I’ve taken quite a journey on my learning on this topic and wanted to share a bit of that with you today. Those of you who are becoming regular listeners will recall that the idea came up in my interview with Professor Tara Callaghan in Episode 4, related to developing creativity and artistic ability in young children. She talked about a process of “scaffolding” children’s learning and we’ll dive a lot more into that today. When I started talking with people about the idea for this podcast series, one theme that came up consistently was the idea of supporting our children’s growth and development. A friend of mine summed it up most concisely and articulately by asking “how do I know when to lead and when I should step back and let my daughter lead?” Developmental science and the media: Early brain development. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 13, 363-376. “Let momma show you how”: Maternal-child interactions and their effects on children’s cognitive performance. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 13, 17-34. ![]() The mathematical parent: Parental scaffolding, parent style, and learning outcomes in long-division mathematics homework. Pratt, M.W., Green, D., MacVicar, J., & Bountrogianni, M. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April, San Francisco, CA. Anatomy of a teaching interaction: The components of teaching in the ZPD. The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings. Critical period effects in second language learning: The influence of maturational stage on the acquisition of English as a second language. Greenough, W.T., Black, J.E., & Wallace, C.S. ![]() Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 5,3 266-276. The impact of sign language on the cognitive development of deaf children: The case of theories of mind. Situated cognition and the culture of learning. Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children.īrown, J.S., Collins, A., & Duguid, P. Scaffolding children’s learning: Vygotsky and Early Childhood Education. Click the image below to sign up!īerk, L.E., & Winsler, A. Get live support in practicing scaffolding with your child – join the FREE You Are Your Child’s Best Teacher workshop – pre-work goes out on August 25 workshop starts August 29. Enrollment isn’t officially open yet, but we’re doing a special pre-sale this year: you can sign up anytime between now and the official enrollment window of September 12-22nd and get a 10% discount on whichever sliding scale pricing option works for you. I invite you to join the Supporting Your Child Learning Membership. This tool can help you to know you’re providing enough support…but not so much that your child will never learn to be self-sufficient. This episode covers the concept of “scaffolding,” which is a method parents can use to observe and support their children’s development by providing just enough assistance to keep the child in their “Zone of Proximal Development.” A friend of mine summed it up most concisely and articulately by asking “how do I know when to lead and when I should step back and let my daughter lead?” When I started talking with people about the idea for this podcast, one theme that came up consistently was the idea of supporting our children’s growth and development.
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