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In the picture above, it shows young children interacting with the educator. The educator looks like they interacted with the children during the play and showed how to use the material in front of them, a safe environment is one of the first steps of building a positive relationship.

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A positive relationship is not only getting along with the children but also having a ‘warm and nurturing responsive caregiving’ (ONgov, 2014) while having a healthy interaction with the children when playing, doing activities and on their own. Those are our main focus when creating a healthy positive relationship, this shows that the children are able to learn how to self-regulate and wait patiently.

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We would want to find a way to understand the children and acknowledge their needs as individuals. We want to support and challenge the children, what their strengths are and how are we able to help achieve their goals. Educators should always look at the power of the children and help them succeed. And when the children succeed they’re able to identify the educators by their side when achieving a goal, which builds a strong positive relationship between the educator and the child.

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1. What are ways to develop a positive relationship between the educator and the children?

2. What are 3 ways to show a positive relationship?

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Pedagogical Leadership: Building Strong Relationships with Educators in Early Years Settings

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Brain Development in the Early Years – Impact of Positive, Quality Interactions with Children

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https://files.ontario.ca/edu-how-does-learning-happen-en-2021-03-23.pdf

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"When the environment supports children’s growing autonomy and independence, challenging behaviours are reduced and educators can focus more fully on observing, interacting, and extending children’s learning and development in meaningful ways."
Pg 22-23

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"But self-regulation represents a very different way of understanding why a child might be having problems with self-control, and more important, what can be done to help that child." Pg, 23

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The example that is shown above shows the interactions between the children and educators and how the educators are engaging with the children and doing similar movements together. This is an indication of a positive relationship showing that the children can have fun with the educators.