Preschool Observation

As the black doors open wide, parents rush to leave their child at the Early Childhood Development Center at the University of California, Riverside. The white walls are plastered with rainbows and smiley faces, where a tall, brown haired woman, with a bright yellow clipboard, greets everyone entering the building. “Standing out at the front desk while greeting families is the best part of my day,” according to Lesly Martinez an enrollment coordinator at the Early Child Development Center(ECDC). As I walk with Lesly to her office, the kindergarteners seem ecstatic jumping up and down like little monkeys. Taking a tour of their campus was so different from what I knew as a preschool or kindergarten class. These classes seemed different not only

Now only do students demonstrate deep thinking, but the manner in which they are learning affects them by wanting to learn new things. With this exciting curriculum, students do not think of school as boring, in contrast, they see learning as an adventure. Again while observing the classroom, the teacher is being interactive with the students, and they are all excited. Lesly looking at the children says that in comparison to a normal classroom, their children are learning in a fun environment which makes it fun for both parties. Infants, toddlers, and kids are having a day to day encounters with inner thinking. It is crazy to think how much their education has already advanced at such a young age. The children who are in preschool or kindergarten are working hard from day to day clearly understanding a certain subject. It was an eye opening experience to see that children are so attentive and not boondoggle.

The preponderance of the educators at the Early Childhood Development Center have a Bachelor's degree, and very few have a Masters. The last contracted teacher was approximately nine years ago, while the longest teacher that has been there had been for twenty