ASSIGNMENT | Building Relationships and Guiding Behaviors

Watch this brief video from the US Department of Health and Human Services. Think about the information in Chapter 6 on building relationships, helping children understand emotions and creating connections with families. After viewing answer the reflection questions.
Video Transcript-

Me face!
00:01
Your face?
00:02
Oh, that\’s Colton\’s face.
00:05
My face.
00:06
Oh, wow!
00:07
[children giggle]
00:08
Your face, the yellow color represents your face?
00:11
No, my face!
00:12
Oh that represents Noelle\’s face?
00:14
Me!
00:15
Oh what about you Colton?
00:17
Which one represents your face?
00:19
Which one?
00:20
That.
00:21
This one right here?
00:22
The brown line right here?
00:23
Oh Mom-me!
00:24
And Mommy, which one is Mommy?
00:26
Show me.
00:27
That Mommy!
00:28
And that would be your mommy?
00:29
That would be Jackie, your mommy.
00:31
Yeah, are you looking at the monitor to see
00:35
if you can see your mommy?
00:36
No.
00:37
Not yet, not yet
00:39
You don\’t see your mommy at the monitor either?
00:42
She\’ll be here soon, she\’ll be here very soon.
00:45
How about if I give you a part of my lap?
00:48
One part for Colton and another part of it will be for you.
00:51
Alright.
00:52
And you\’re going to show me your shoes.
00:53
Look at my socks.
00:54
[gasps]
00:55
Look at your socks, what color socks?
00:57
What color, what color?
00:58
White socks.
00:59
You got white socks, cool.
01:01
You want me, and ice cream?
01:03
Awpink.
01:04
Oh they\’re pink.
01:06
Awpink.
01:07
Oh I see them, I see them.
01:10
Who dressed you this morning?
01:11
Mommy.
01:12
Mommy?
01:13
Oh wow!
01:15
What about you Colton who dressed you this morning?
01:18
Mommy! – Mommy too?
01:19
Yeah?
01:20
Does my mommy dress me?
01:22
Yeah, Maria.
01:24
Maria dresses me?
01:27
[laughs]
01:30
a Matricia?
01:31
Makai
01:33
Makai? Makai, is Makai your brohter?
01:36
Yeah.
01:37
Yeah, where is he now?
01:39
At home.
01:40
At home?
01:41
What is he doing at home?
01:42
Play.
01:43
Play?
01:44
He plays at home?
01:45
Yes, he plays at home.
01:46
How about Paisley What does Paisley do at home?
01:50
What does she do?
01:52
Play, play.
01:54
She play too, yeah?
01:56
Yeah everybody.
01:57
Yeah, when you get home do you play with Paisley?
01:59
Yeah.
02:00
Yeah?
02:01
Oh nice.
02:02
Alright, how about you?
02:04
What do you do when you get home Noelle?
02:08
I play.
02:09
With who?
02:10
Mommy.
02:12
With your mommy?
02:13
Yeah.
02:14
What do you guys play?
02:14
What do you guys play?
02:16
Um not in my mommy\’s car.
02:17
In your mommy\’s car?
02:19
Yeah.
02:20
Wow!
02:21
My car!
02:22
In your car too?
02:23
You play cars with your mommy too?
02:25
I get in car with my mommy.
02:26
You get in the car with your mommy?
02:28
Alright, to go where?
02:31
Caiden.
02:33
Caiden, you go pick him up at school?

Questions:
1. How does the teacher support the emotional needs of the children?

2. How do the toddlers respond when she asks about their families?

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Teachers can support/promote the social and emotional needs of toddlers by establishing trusting and dependable relationships. This is realized when they express affection, warmth, and respect towards the children. Williford et al. (2013) observe that the social and emotional needs of children impact their overall growth and development, as mentally healthy children tend to be happier, motivates them to learn, and exhibiting a positive attitude towards teachers and the school (Williford et al., 2013). In this case, the brief video shows an interaction between…