Read Allard & Hunter (2011)

Watch this Video (I suggest completing this handout while watching the video)

Complete the Identifying Temperament handout

Answer the questions below:

1. What is temperament?
2. Why is it important for early childhood educators to know a child’s temperament type?
3. How are the temperament types different?
4. How can teachers support children with temperament types that are:
   1. Easy-going/ flexible
   2. Active/ Always-on-the-Go/ Feisty
   3. Cautious/ Slow-to-Warm-Up/ Quiet/ Fearful
5. What is your temperament type?  Where did you put your initials for each of the 9 temperament traits (right, center, left, between the right & center, between the left & center)?
6. What did you learn about yourself completing the handout?
7. What do you wish your teachers knew about your temperament when you were young?

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