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the prc:Khool dnc-,:-lor and her tc-ach<-n am! 1ogc~rd1scusSC'd the first step" They 1n;..· lud,·d \\!I.~, In ..i lk , 1 :i.1,·
111< pr~J.ure for May,1 10 spell: as ,.,ell .is ... -ays 10 divert her preschool friends ' co n\'c.'tsat101h fr,, 111 .. ~1:1\.:a
d~sn·1 talk- 10 - Maya d~i, talk :and •111 when she 1s ready." O,·er the ,·our"· o f th,• ~,::1r. \q• rq; ul .:a ~l,
checked 1n •·1th the tc.achcn lo di,:c uss hN progress and next stc-ps . Our top pnont y ..,. a,. :i i..,. a , ,. 1,1 111 :i~;.
sare she bad the o pporlunil)•. but frh no prcss11rc.10 spc.d:. The process of supporl in~ h,·, )P,:'.,·,· h 111 ih,·
classroom began w11h group songs and mm•croenls. When f,.hy,1 frlt mo r,· n m1f,ir tahk \\ ilh nonv.: rtia l
forms of expression, tM teachers mo,·cd to 1sk.ing stmplc - yes./no- questions. Gauging h,·r l',·:1d111,·)" alon"
the "'Y· 1hc lc:acbc:u easrJ 1n10 dose-cnJcJ choices like ··Which cupcal..c 17:i,or ,,t,ulJ , ,n1 11 1..,•''" 311 j
gradu.illy trans111oncd into inert~51ngly mort open-ended prompts. ll was a long and J1·11 1,·uh J,,ur nn
~~~t~u;huf~ hcartacht. but the ded1c11cd and p•llcnt teachers work.:d with our fa mily to help o ur lillk ,, 11 ~.
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