Conversations in Kitah Bet

Conversational skills build a foundation for developing friendships, cooperating with others, and communicating effectively with people in every aspect of life. In Kitah Bet we are learning the art of conversation.

As their language, vocabulary and comfort level is growing daily, the children are eager and excited to share, and sometimes its hard to wait our turn. We have started using a block or an instrument that gets passed around the circle to help us. While you are holding the block you can talk; but when someone else is holding it and they are speaking everyone else is quiet.

Some conversations we have had recently:

Jules came back from a vacation with his family, and he had a lot to share.
Jules: "I went on an airplane, on one and two and three and four and five and six airplanes with Mommy & Daddy."

This reminded some  friends of their experiences on airplanes.
Elijah: "I went on an airplane with Mommy & Daddy. I went to Bock and Granny's house. I did some playing."
Rikki: "I went on an airplane to see Zeide and to the pool."
Freeda: "I go on an airplane and a train."
Jayme: "I went to a book store."

One of the songs we sing at circle time starts with the words, "Oh every morning, when I'm through sleeping..." We start the song by pretending to be sleeping. This led to a conversation about stuffed animals some of us might sleep with.
Jayme: "A bear."
Elijah: " A dinosaur."
Reyn: "A giraffe."
Freeda: "A pillow."
Rikki: "A pillow and my baby."
Tirza: "A pillow."
Jules: "A penguin."

By Morah Leah Sollish