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Interests are simply the things children like to do, things that they find exciting, motivating, and fun. In other words, they're the things that "turn them on!"
Possibilities promotes children's participation in recreation, leisure, and learning activities by focusing on children's interests. Interests serve as the beginning point for selecting activities and learning opportunities a child can enjoy at home and in the community.
Possibilities has several special tools parents or other caregivers can use to help them identify a child's interests:
Spotting My Child's Very Special Interests: A Workbook for Parents is a colorful, inexpensive, easy-to-use workbook that takes parents step-by-step from interest identification through planning participation in terrific activities. A short video, Spotting My Child's Very Special Interests: A Guide for Parents, illustrates how a mother uses the workbook to plan interest-based learning for her young daughter.
The Possibilities Interest Assessment Interview Protocol is another easy-to-use tool to help parents or practitioners identify children's interests.
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