Today during afternoon tea, one of the children was not drinking. Confused, because most days he will simply push the sipper cup away, without even taking a sip, the other carer and I wondered if he wasn’t used to drinking from that type of sipper sup.
Which then lead to me, grabbing my own sipper cup and modeling the behaviour.
For under threes, I find modeling a great teaching technique for showing children the type of behaviours that you would like to see.
Modeling can be used throughout everyday and often we do it without realising.
What was the most recent behaviour that you modelled to a child?
[If you are wanting to learn more about teaching techniques, I highly recommend MacNaughton & Williams as a great professional development tool.]
