What You Say Matters

07/25/2011

Our species has demonstrated that we can walk on the moon if we put our minds to it. Now let’s turn to an even more crucial task, the creation of an earth full of people who are celebrating each other in conscious love.
Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks, American psychologist/writer and body intelligence expert and w

"What we say and how we say it can have a profound effect on children as they grow," advises Kay Albrecht in her article "Improving Teacher's Verbal Skills," in Exchange's Developing Capable, Creative Teachers CD Book. In this article Albrecht provides ideas on how to help teachers grow their skills in positive verbal interactions with young children. One strategy she proposed was to help teachers hear themselves talking to children:

"When teachers have a verbal interaction style that is negative or inappropriate, they often need help hearing themselves in action. Try putting an audio tape player on record, setting it on a shelf or table, and recording the verbal interactions that do occur near the tape recorder. Let the teacher listen to the tape to see what she hears, then listen to it together to see if the teacher's perception of what she hears and your perception are the same. Use the tape as a springboard to identify specific areas that need attention as well as those which indicate verbal interaction skills are already in place."

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