Educators and caregivers alike need to be sensitive to what a child cannot do and then enable the child to do it. It is important that the selected method of scaffolding empowers a child and does not frustrate them.
Scaffolding Types
Distancing Scaffolds:
Reduce the amount of support given to the child, to hand over control of the activity, and to move the task completion from the social realm to a child’s psychological realm.
Linguistic Scaffolds:
Present models of language and literacy that build on a child’s current knowledge or skill.
Regulatory Scaffolds:
Help children understand a specific task and how it supports a larger goal.
Structural Scaffolds:
Specific aspects of the environment when learning takes place that foster children’s learning.
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