Transcript Active Listening active_listening

What are three things you have learned about
language centers in a Child Care Center?
Communication= Important
0 To provide guidance—caregivers must know
how to communicate with children effectively.
0 Positive communication helps caregivers to
interact in a nurturing, respectful, supportive,
and responsive way.
Communication Cont.
0 Communication is more than words—it is
tone, facial expressions, body language
0 The way you speak to a child can make a
difference in their behavior and their
relationship with you.
0 Listening is an important component of
communication!!!
Active Listening
0 P---Pay attention
0 Look at the speaker
0 Encourage the speaker with your body language
0 U—Use Encouragement
0 “Use your words”
0 “Can you tell me about it?”
0 R—Restate
0 “You don’t like to eat peas.”
0 “You don’t want to come inside now, you want to
stay outside and play.”
0 R—Reflect Feelings
0 “It makes you MAD when a toy is taken away from
you”
0 “You are SAD because your mommy left.”
Ignore me game
You need a partner!
One person will go at a time to be the talker. They will
talk to their partner for 1 minute about their
weekend, what they favorite thing to do, favorite artist
etc.
The other partner aka the listener will do their best to
NOT listen and try to ignore the person talking.
Next switch roles…
Ignore me game
Follow-up!
0 How did it feel when your partner was not listening?
0 Why is it important to practice these skills? Does it
come naturally to you?
0 If you use active listening with a child how do you
think it makes a child feel?
0 Can you think of long-term benefits from using active
listening with kids?
Communication drawings
0 Need to find a Partner Need
paper, pen/pencil only.
0 You and your partner will be
facing back to back
0 One person will be handed a
drawing and they will do their
best to describe the drawing.
0 It is the other partner’s
responsibility to listen to their
partners directions and draw what
they described.
Communication drawing
0 On a scale of 1-10 (1 being least effective
and 10 being most effective)
0 How well did you describe the picture to your
partner?
0 How well do you feel your partner did?
0 How hard was it to describe without any
feedback from your partner ?
0 How difficult was it to the listener and
“drawer” without speaking?
Communication drawing
0 What changes would you have made to be more
effective as the speaker/drawer?
0 List the 5 words you found most helpful and
beneficial while you were drawing?
0 What was most frustrating as the
speaker/describer?
Communication drawing
0 What did this activity teach you about good
communication skills?
0 How does this activity relate to working with
children in a childcare setting?