The daycare that I visited was Rosemont Daycare and Preschool. This center is faith based and I was able observe the “Duck Class” which was the age group of four and five year olds. I went to observe on February 11th and 16th, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 and the 18th from 3:00 to 6:00. On the 11th and 16th, there were a total of 12 children in the Duck class. At 9:00 the children were engaged in circle time meaning that the children were learning about their bible verse for that month which was “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.” The children then discussed what they thought that meant. On the 11th I was present to see the children, the ones I decided to observe were Kali, Roslyn, Fiona, and Brayden. When the children were doing crafts I sat near the counter island in the class room so I was out of the way but still able to see and hear what the kids were doing and saying at the table. My first child was Kali, Kali is a vibrant and social 5 year old girl who loves playing with dolls. …show more content…
Such as, if Brayden and another little boy are not listening during transition I could separate them rather than giving them multiple warnings. Also, if I know that Roslyn is having a hard time controlling her anger appropriately then I could give her an “angry ball” or something that she can squeeze or take her anger out on rather than her hurting others. While for Fiona, we could talk about feelings one day during circle time and possibly figure out why she is feeling the way she is feeling. Due to the fact that everyone learns differently teachers need to be aware that not all children learn the same way as them. Teachers could possibly change the way they do activities such as, doing some hands on, watching videos, reading books, or even asking one child a day how they would like to learn about the theme of the
Throughout my experience at my placement, I observed many different children in relation to their development and strengths in the infant classroom. The infant classroom has children that range from 7 months to 16 months. For my Child Study, I decided to observe the child that I have made the most connection with. She is the oldest of the classroom and started the same week I began my placement. Her name is Ryan and she was born on July 12, 2015. She is currently 16 months but will turn 17 months on December 12th. After speaking with her teachers at the daycare and observing drop offs in the morning, Ryan has an older sister, father, and mother in the household. Ryan is a child that is constantly exploring her environment and the toys it has to offer within it.
Twenty-four children were observed for this study. Half of the children were male and the other half were female, all aged between three and four years old, and enrolled in a private southern California preschool that is located on a private college campus. They were all part of a racially diverse classroom, which I drew from in a manner that allowed for a representative sample to be derived.
offered to have a seat and enjoy eating some brunch, which consisted of fresh fruit and granola. I packed extra food for each meal for any who offered to eat with me. She accepted and sat with me, delighted with the idea of brunch and talking about classes. Soon after many others, who were both strangers and friends, stopped by to chat. The likes of which included, 3 Stetson tours, filled with parents asking Paloma and I question about the school and our brunch, multiple faculty members walking by asking what it was we were doing, other Stetson students, and members of University Administration. I informed Paloma I would be leaving at 11:30, as she had stayed till the end of brunch, and left to go to class. After cleaning up the picnic-style
Over the course of the semester, we were asked to maintain a record of our observations of comprehension and composition learning tasks that take place in our classrooms. Luckily, I was placed in the Leighton Learning Community so I attend Leighton elementary school, right down the road from the college. This is an amazing experience because I am able to spend a lot more time inside the classroom, which also results in me observing many things I would not normally in a regular block two placement. Instead of the standard one day a week for three hours, I spend my entire day at the school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Have you ever realized that playgrounds help shape us into the people we become and they are the first place we experience socialization? Playgrounds aren’t just a place for children but for every age, ethnic background and so forth. They are the place where we go to hang out with friends, watch our children, play games, have birthday parties, listen to music, and just to observe others. The paper I am going to write consists of a few things I observed while watching my daughter.
Mrs. Leanne Kenny, the high school choir director, was a delight to observe. She has a humorous personality and a playful attitude. Her classroom has a very safe feeling when you walk into the room. This is her first year teaching at White County High School, and it is her first time having a college student observing her teaching. With that all being said, I feel like every time I entered her class, she was being her natural self and not pretending in any way. She was always honest, and I feel like I learned a lot more through her transparency.
When my mentor provides instruction that promotes student’s engagement learning. When she used an experiment dealing with liquids. She had a in three small equal cups half way full of water and three different coloring red, blue and yellow. When she a drop of each color into a cup of pure water the water changes the color. The students were so amazed that could understand what had happen. My mentor starts to explain no matter if you add a color to water it remains a liquid. Then she starts to complain the colors red and yellow turn orange. Blue and red made purple and yellow and blue made green. The students where surprise they couldn’t believe what had happen so the teacher told them no matter if you mix the colors it remains a liquid. And
Over the last months, volunteering in my church’s nursery has shaped my outlook and affected me by allowing me to watch how I impact individuals. Helping an adult lead a lesson, spending time with young children, and being a mentor to these children are the tasks of my volunteer role. We encourage the children to participate in activities involving the stories and lessons of Christianity. The importance of my role in this community is to influence the children to make beneficial decisions and understand the message God’s word is conveying to their hearts. Infancy is the stage of life where young children learn how to act by watching the actions of the elder individuals in their lives. My duty includes displaying an attitude and actions
One thing that I noticed from the videos that was the same as our reading is the fact the conversations in most of the videos were short. Because a preschooler still needs to learn conversation routines, their conversations are short (Owens, 2012, p. 229). I also noticed that the conversations during the video Last Day at His First School (2009), took place through adult-child interactions. Owens pointed out that most preschool conversations occur through a child-mother dialog (Owens, 2012, p. 231). In this case, it was a teacher-child dialog.
Last Semester, the classroom I was in resembled the “Boot Camp” that DeVries and Zan (2012) talk about. In the “Boot Camp” classroom, “Children follow the Drill Sergeant teacher’s directions not only for arithmetic, but how to sit and where to have their hands” (DeVries & Zan, 2012, p. 11). The children in my field site were always reminded to sit with their legs crossed even though the children often wanted to sit on their knees or with their legs straight out. This was very difficult for the children because there were 20 children in the class and the limited classroom space required everyone to sit the same way. When the teachers were talking during circle or story time, the children were expected to be quiet and paying attention to the teacher. The teachers would often correct the children’s behavior by criticizing them. I also often noticed my teachers using negative language with the children which made the atmosphere of
Reading: Shawn comes to school regularly. He is always prepared with the school supplies that he needs for the day. He enjoys reading, either independently or with a partner. Shawn does well with answering open-ended questions and discussing information about what is being read, but, when he needs to answer questions on an assessment independently, he does not always perform to his potential. He has been taught reading comprehension strategies (i.e. RUNNERS, annotating, rereading, underlining key words, asking questions, making connections, visualizing etc.) and he uses these strategies when he is reminded to help him answer abstract comprehension questions.
During my observation at Fred Moore I was able to experience how teachers use rating scales in their classroom. The two teachers in the classroom were talking about were on a scale they were able to self-sooth and follow directions. The teachers were playing with the children as they talked and observed. One of the teachers said to the other who was standing behind the wall writing things down, “Well, Jackson has a hard time some times, so he still needs improvement.” They talked about a few more children in the self-soothing department and then talked about how well they followed directions. Isenberg and Durham (2015) define a ratings scale as an observational tool that helps identify different sets of behaviors, by requiring that a teacher make a professional judgment on a particular behavior. The rating scale ranks behaviors in numbers such as one to five or in words such as “never,” “sometimes,” “usually,” or “always” to determine were a child falls on the scale (Isenberg & Durham, 2015).
I’ve made my observation at library. I took a seat at the yellow zone of library and watch what people doing there. Generally, most of them are students, and more than half of them were doing work. I observed their behaviors, expressions and dressing. The following are the details and my own analysis.
When I first walked into the classroom, the teacher was standing on the carpet with the students. There were interactive videos playing on the smartboard, and the teacher was moving along to the video with the students. The teacher was saying things like; “keep up the good work” and “I love your dance moves.” I first interaction the teacher had with Lexi was when she wanted her sweatshirt off and needed assistance. The teacher observed that Lexi was in the process of taking her sweatshirt off and asked, “Lexi do you need help?”. She shook her head yes and the teacher proceeded to help her remove her sweatshirt. After this, the next interaction happened five minutes later once all the videos ended. The teacher was asking certain students if
Ed was born in 1945, he grew up in a small town in the Midwest, Davenport, Iowa. He grew up with 1 older brother and 1 older sister. Both of his parents died before he reached the age of 8. He experienced immense loss from a very early age. Ed was raised by his older brother and sister, who took the best care of him as they could for being teenagers, but his socioeconomic status was below the poverty line at some points. He even lived in a car at one point in his life. Eventually he was taken in by close family friends from the church and they raised him from grade school on, just like he was their own. He lived a normal and typical middle class lifestyle from this point on. Once he was sixteen he got his first job working on a river boat on the Mississippi river. Ed continued his education until he graduated from high school. Right after high school he went joined the United States Marine Corps.