Define transition practices and explain what such practice entails. Next, give an example of how you would use transition practices for a toddler moving to a preschool classroom.

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Answer 1

Transition practices include addressing the skills a child will need when moving to the next environment. It also includes coordinating the professionals from the receiving and sending programs, as well as facilitating communication among participants and arranging parent/child visits to new educational settings. Student answers will vary, but an example of how a teacher might use transition practices when moving a toddler to a preschool environment could include scheduling a visit to the new classroom for both the child and parents; allowing the child to meet his or her preschool teachers and interact with them in the school environment; introducing the children to other preschool children and letting them explore the classroom among the other children; introducing children to the types of activities and learning environments they will encounter in the preschool classroom; and playing games with children that they will eventually play in preschool.