The Art of Talking With Children

Rebecca Rolland is the author of The Art of Talking with Children (HarperOne, March 2022). She is a national certified speech-language pathologist and adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is also on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She lives in Boston with her family. Show Highlights The power of language transforms with music. A framework to access what lights people up. Build resilience by micro moments and through everyday conversations. Question starters used to create meaningful conversations. Seven key areas to The Art of Talking with Children. Help students draw on their natural resilience and raise their awareness about themselves. Counteract bias and help students celebrate the differences among others. "The idea is to be creative about what you wanna get across, about the curriculum, about your overall goals, and about how you can bridge those goals with the goals or interests of your students. Rather than saying, 'I'm going to sit here and wait for students to come to me.' How do you create that equal bridge where students are coming with their interests, you're coming with your goals and interests, how do you actually meet in the...