Avoid contributing your ideas to the solution of their problem. Do not take the initiative and the ownership of the problem away. Help children to identify possible alternatives. Listen respectfully...

Avoid contributing your ideas to the solution of their problem. Do not take the initiative and the ownership of the problem away. Help children to identify possible alternatives. Listen respectfully to their ideas, even the unlikely ones. For instance, Kendal and Erica were putting train tracks down that ran into the pathway where other children were passing. After the problem was pointed out to them, they suggested several alternative ideas to the congestion in the pathway: