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INQUIRY SKILLS #2

DURING YOUR EXPLORATION YOU ARE:

 Actively listening
 Suspend your judgment about what the drawing means to
you

 Repeating parts of the narrative and exploring it further
 Form of paraphrasing – child knows you are present with him/her

 Assisting the child to elaborate his/her descriptions
 Use anchors:
SCRIPT
If the bear could go to over the bridge to the other side, what would
she like to do there?

 Use what is in front of you to elaborate the metaphor, such as the bear and
the bridge

 Providing empathic responses
 Using your tone of voice, body language and facial expressions

 Using the object or product area to focus on
 When exploring a drawing or an art product, your field of vision remains on
the product and not intruding in the child’s space
 Do not touch or move around the child’s items. You can ask questions in the
metaphor, but try not to impose your actions on their play objects or drawings

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