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Extract 1: Space: Giving children the opportunity to express viewsGUNN (the teacher) enters the room where two children, Siri and Sam, are playing with cushions and plastic toy animals.
Extract 2: Voice: Facilitating expression of children’s views.The narrative play about the animal house commences, and the participants negotiate about the animals they can allow inside the house. Siri picks up another animal and identifies it as a tiger.
Extract 3: Audience: Listening to children’s perspectives
Extract 4: Influence: Acting upon the children’s perspectives, as appropriate.The participants continue to meta-communicate about how the play should proceed. GUNN continues, ‘Is there a bridge that we can build perhaps?’ (turn 75) and Siri responds, and also develops the idea with, ‘Yes, they can run on me’ (turn 76). To coordinate the suggestions, the teacher meta-communicates, ‘Will you be a bridge?’ (turn 77). Thus, she clarifies whether what is (as is, the child) in the play will be (as if, Siri as a bridge). Siri in response confirms that this is what she intends (turn 78):