When Can Kids Share and Take Turns?

If you are employed in a state that uses a registry to track professional development hours, you will be able to provide your registry ID (Stars, MOPID, Registry or other ECE ID#) after you have completed the quiz for the course. If you pass the quiz we will report your course completion to the state registry using the registry ID that you provide.

One of the toughest things we sometimes face in early childhood is teaching children to share and take turns with each other. They will fight over everything from toys to books to a random stick they find on the playground. Course length – 1.5 hours.

This course will help answer the following questions:

• Can toddlers share?

• Can toddlers take turns?

• What are the stages of play?

• What are some techniques to teach children to share?

• What are some techniques to teach children to take turns?

Participants who successfully complete this course will:

• Understand why infants and toddlers cannot comprehend sharing and turn taking.

• Be able to facilitate methods of teaching older children to share.

• Be able to facilitate methods of teaching older children to take turns.