Child-initiated activity hands practitioners a very powerful opportunity for learning. To make the most of this, as a practitioner you must:
* maintain children's focus - actively using a range of strategies to keep the children engaged and extend their learning - introducing new words, thinking out loud, introducing more complex speech, bringing in new problems, encouraging conflict negotiation, demonstrating or explaining new ways of working towards a solution
* offer assistance and support, when needed, so children are successful in following their ideas, even something simple like holding an object while a child works
* ensure the learning environment offers a wide range of stimulating open-ended materials, both outdoors and indoors, for
* maintain children's focus - actively using a range of strategies to keep the children engaged and extend their learning - introducing new words, thinking out loud, introducing more complex speech, bringing in new problems, encouraging conflict negotiation, demonstrating or explaining new ways of working towards a solution
* offer assistance and support, when needed, so children are successful in following their ideas, even something simple like holding an object while a child works
* ensure the learning environment offers a wide range of stimulating open-ended materials, both outdoors and indoors, for