Havruta is a conversational technique that involves asking questions and discussing with a partner.
Can infants and toddlers aged 0 to 5 participate in havruta? Many parents, especially those who can't even speak yet, are skeptical about the possibility of havruta.
Author Seonmi Kim, who has been working as the director of an early childhood education institution for over 20 years, has been applying Havruta to infants in the field.
Author Kwon Moon-jung, who also taught and spread infant Havruta at early childhood education institutions, also emphasizes the effectiveness of infant Havruta.
The younger you are, the more respectful havruta conversations become a habit and a culture, helping you grow up healthy.


Havruta for infants and toddlers should be approached through play.
So, infant and toddler Havruta is a question game.
This book introduces the Havruta technique, which approaches children from infants to toddlers through play.
It also introduces a question play method for infants who are still not good at speaking.
This book includes real-life examples of how the two authors expanded, studied, and applied havruta for infants.
It is useful for not only those working at early childhood education institutions but also parents.

1)
Questions develop a child's thinking skills.
Creativity is enhanced.
Furthermore, we create an image of an active future talent through voluntary motivation.
Therefore, we must let the chattering children chatter away to their heart's content.
No, you have to ask questions to get them to talk more.

Infants and toddlers ask so many questions that it tires out both mothers and teachers.
As there are many unfamiliar things around us, there is also a lot of curiosity, a desire to know.
But as they enter school, questions disappear from the children's mouths.

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2)
How can we acquire unique human capabilities?
Our children need the power to think.
Education is not about accepting given knowledge, but about learning through curiosity and self-discovery.
It requires the ability to be curious, to seek out principles, to ask more questions, and to think and judge.

Learning that begins with questions is the best education that will foster the thinking, creativity, and empathy of children who will live in the future.
Through questions, children will begin to think, expand their imagination, and practice free expression.

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3)
Sometimes we try to give our children more knowledge.
Let me explain in more detail and more kindly.
But the child actually stops thinking.
Children do not try to think because passively receiving knowledge is not fun.
Ultimately, it has no effect or help in developing the child's thinking skills.

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4)
Havruta shines even brighter when connected to play.

Havruta and play meet to become question play.

Question play is a game where children pair up to ask questions and play to find answers and develop new knowledge.
Have fun and learn while playing.
How ideal is this learning process? It requires a question-based play that begins with a variety of topics and materials.

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5)
Questions that ask short answers are not fun.
Because short answers do not allow children to expand their thinking.
Questions should be thrown back and forth like ping-pong balls on a ping-pong table.
As the questions continue to arise, the thoughts become more and more complex.

If you've heard your child's thoughts by asking, "What do you think?", ask them again why they think that way.
The question, “Why do you think so?” asks for the child’s basis and reason for his or her thinking.

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6)
How can I become familiar with questions?
It should be fun play, not intentional learning.
Just as you need to share enjoyable times with a friend to become close, you need to have fun practicing questions to become close and feel free to ask questions.
We use five games to help toddlers become familiar with questions.

Yo! Yo? Play.
Why~? Play, back-and-forth play, partner interview, five hills.

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7)
No matter how good a picture book is, if a child does not enjoy reading it, we can no longer expect the book to have value or effectiveness.
You need to create an atmosphere where your child can become familiar with picture books, and wait without rushing them.
As you read picture books with your child, slowly observe, ask questions comfortably, and freely express your thoughts, your child will develop surprisingly creative thinking skills.

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