Guidelines Videos – Early Learning Project

Category: Guidelines Videos

  • You Made It

    You Made It

    This video takes place in the gross motor room of a university laboratory child care and preschool. This room is used for gross-motor activities by all classrooms in the center during inclement weather. Max (21 months) is trying to get up the climber, and the teacher helps him get to the top.

  • Two Trains

    Two Trains

    Sadie (26 months) pulls two trains across the carpet and sits down on the teacher’s lap. Sadie and the teacher are talking about the two trains while Daniel watches. Daniel reaches down to take the handle of one of the trains, to which Sadie objects. The teacher then asks Sadie to give one of her…

  • A Tower Together

    A Tower Together

    The teachers provided balance in both supporting Anna and allowing her space to work through situations independently. She followed Anna’s reactions and did not intervene too early.

  • Tea Party

    Tea Party

    Through a progression of short clips taken over a span of 30 minutes, this video focuses on Hudson (at 30 months, the oldest in the class) gathering items, stuffed animals, and dolls; arranging them on a couch; and (briefly) enjoying his tea party with his stuffed animals.

  • The Step

    The Step

    The teacher provides Alicia with support to move the bolster and supervises her so she can safely use it as a step.

  • Snack Time

    Snack Time

    This interaction demonstrates the teachers’ cooperation and understanding of their roles in classroom management. It also demonstrates appropriate teacher-child interactions at the snack table.

  • Roll Them Up

    Roll Them Up

    This interaction shows the teacher trying to decipher what Jayden is trying to do and what he wants.

  • Ready? Boing!

    Ready? Boing!

    This interaction shows how the teacher appropriately engages the children by asking Spencer to participate and redirecting Mason when he takes the bear.

  • Pretty Up High

    Pretty Up High

    This clip shows the caregiver engaging in a nice interaction with Devan and expressing interest in what he is doing.

  • Press Here

    Press Here

    Jayden (20 months), Mason (21 months), Spencer (20 months), and the teacher, Sui Ping, are sitting on the floor engaged with an activity box. Sui Ping is demonstrating for Mason how to make the small bear “jump” off the toy by pushing a button. The other two boys are also trying to play with the…

  • Pea Pod Rockers

    Pea Pod Rockers

    Max (21 months) and Kenyon (27 months) are near the pea pod rockers, attempting to climb onto them. The teacher steps in to assist Max in climbing onto the rocker. She offers guidance to him and is close to him as he tries to climb onto the rocker.

  • Over Here

    Over Here

    This interaction shows young children working together to build a block tower and the teacher providing them with support, both in completing the task and to minimize frustration or conflicts.

  • Let’s Get Up

    Let’s Get Up

    Micah (30 months) is lying on the ground next to the slide. The teacher leans down and teasingly touches both of his hands before lifting him up to his feet. Micah walks over to the corner, picks up a ball, and throws it off-camera to the teacher, who tosses it back. Micah had shown very…

  • The Duck

    The Duck

    This clip demonstrates a young toddler’s ability to connect a picture on a toy with a word and a sign she had been taught.

  • I Don’t Like That

    I Don’t Like That

    This video takes place in a toddler room of a university laboratory child care and preschool. Jordan (29 months) has put on sunglasses, and Sadie (25 months) walks up and stands very close to him. He tells her “I don’t like that,” but she stays close to him. The nearby teacher steps in and tells…

  • Filling the Trains

    Filling the Trains

    This video takes place in a toddler room of a university laboratory child care and preschool. Daniel (25 months) and Sadie (26 months) are playing with trains and putting people back into their trains. The teacher is nearby talking with them, narrates their activities, and helps Sadie to see that she needs to put the…

  • Down There

    Down There

    The video takes place in a toddler room of a university laboratory child care and preschool. Max (19 months) and Levi (27 months) are in the glider chair looking at a nursery rhyme book together. They are engaged in the books for a short while and then begin to rock the chair together. The nearby…

  • Blue or Purple

    Blue or Purple

    This is a nice example of the caregiver reading the cues of the child and assisting them through an interaction that had the potential for conflict.

  • All Done

    All Done

    This video takes place in a toddler room of a university laboratory child care and preschool. Daniel (25 months) and Mia (23 months) are standing at the Lego table. A teacher is helping Mia ask Daniel to share the blanket he is using when he is done. The teacher provides her with words to use,…

  • A Big Tower

    A Big Tower

    The video takes place in a toddler room of a university laboratory child care and preschool. Anna (28 months) is building a tower alone with large interlocking blocks. Kenyon (26 months) runs in and knocks over her new tower. Anna takes it in stride, and Kenyon helps her rebuild. He promptly knocks over their new…