The day a 3-year-old ran PD

During our 2:30 coaching cycle on three-period lessons, a 3-year-old politely corrected a new guide — “That was period two” — and I joked about updating our org chart. I used it to recalibrate our language objectives and tweaked next week’s staff training to practice concise prompts with the pink tower for exactly 7 minutes per person; how do you turn these moments into curriculum wins without derailing the room?

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“7 minutes per person” — I set a sand timer and cap it to one material, then jot the child’s exact phrasing on a sticky for our PD so we can rehearse that language later without stopping the room. If the energy spikes, I push the micro-practice to lunch and drop a quick note in the lesson log — keeps the win, not the disruption.

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