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I was having a discussion with a classroom teaching team recently around the concept of "wait time." In the Productivity dimension, it is addressed under maximizing learning time. The question posed by the teacher is "how much wait time is OK?" Her argument was that as children get older, It is important to learn patience, to not always be doing something. The group felt that it is important for children to learn to wait their turn, for example. 

I would appreciate hearing thoughts from others on this topic. 

I was having a discussion with a classroom teaching team recently around the concept of "wait time." In the Productivity dimension, it is addressed under maximizing learning time. The question posed by the teacher is "how much wait time is OK?" Her argument was that as children get older, It is important to learn patience, to not always be doing something. The group felt that it is important for children to learn to wait their turn, for example. 

I would appreciate hearing thoughts from others on this topic. 

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I would wonder what the teaching of patience looked like for this teacher in these wait times. If they were actively teaching/explaining about patience or if their thought process of having the children wait develops patience. I think there are many things we think we are teaching children but without actual guidance, children are not always clear on that intention. There are many great activities a teacher can intentionally do to help them learn about patience and taking turns can occur and be encouraged through setting up a timer for a popular toy or listening to their peers when in whole group. But these times do not need to include the child waiting with nothing to do. Just like as an adult, if I have to wait for something, I most often will fill that time with something else to do and not sit doing nothing. Wait times with nothing productive to do can lead to misbehavior and boredom. 

I was having a discussion with a classroom teaching team recently around the concept of "wait time." In the Productivity dimension, it is addressed under maximizing learning time. The question posed by the teacher is "how much wait time is OK?" Her argument was that as children get older, It is important to learn patience, to not always be doing something. The group felt that it is important for children to learn to wait their turn, for example. 

I would appreciate hearing thoughts from others on this topic. 

I was having a discussion with a classroom teaching team recently around the concept of "wait time." In the Productivity dimension, it is addressed under maximizing learning time. The question posed by the teacher is "how much wait time is OK?" Her argument was that as children get older, It is important to learn patience, to not always be doing something. The group felt that it is important for children to learn to wait their turn, for example. 

I would appreciate hearing thoughts from others on this topic. 

I was having a discussion with a classroom teaching team recently around the concept of "wait time." In the Productivity dimension, it is addressed under maximizing learning time. The question posed by the teacher is "how much wait time is OK?" Her argument was that as children get older, It is important to learn patience, to not always be doing something. The group felt that it is important for children to learn to wait their turn, for example. 

I would appreciate hearing thoughts from others on this topic. 

I was having a discussion with a classroom teaching team recently around the concept of "wait time." In the Productivity dimension, it is addressed under maximizing learning time. The question posed by the teacher is "how much wait time is OK?" Her argument was that as children get older, It is important to learn patience, to not always be doing something. The group felt that it is important for children to learn to wait their turn, for example. 

I would appreciate hearing thoughts from others on this topic.