• Use circle time or meal times as a chance to discuss group ideas: Get the children involved in group planning. Perhaps they will want to take on different roles--the architects can be responsible for making plans for rearranging material, the builders can move the furniture, the researchers can decide what people will learn about in the area, and the anthropologists can decide what artifacts should be included.
• Pair children with "buddies "for some assigned activities: Pair don't usually play together, and give them a fun, cooperative task. You might put children who speak different languages together so that they can begin to learn each other's language and appreciate each other’s strengths. You might pair English language learners who speak the same home language so that the child who is more proficient in English can translate. Sometimes you might pair a child who needs extra assistance with developing a skill with a child who is competent. Make sure that, over time, the roles are equitable and that each child has an opportunity to be the teacher."