Notice how Henry’s body language gives an indication that he might like to help Emerson move down the slide. A teacher made a choice to say, “Henry, Are you trying to help Emerson slide? You could say, Emerson, Can I help You?” We look for opportunities to support the body language and possible intentions of children so that we can support them with language. Collaboration can happen with very few words or no words at all but children can learn to be more specific in their own ideas and intentions and relationships can deepen when they can add words to tell more of their story.

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