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Offers hundreds of tips and model phrases designed to help teachers support young children's development and learning through the use of positive language. Guidebook helps teachers reflect on the ways they (often unknowingly) support or hinder their goals for children through their own talk and nonverbal gestures. Anecdotes from parents, teachers, and children convey how the teacher's language in particular situations had a positive and negative impact on their thinking and behavior. Shows how to teach young children the language they need to handle situations like making friends and resolving conflicts. Grades K-2. | |