We teach the children self\-help skills, writing skills, gross and fine motor skills, and language skills. Thought-out the day we have a daily schedule. Equity in the classroom to me means that all children and teacher should have the equal opportunity to express and develop thought in the class discussions. Especially when young children are starting to develop their thought process, it’s a key point to encourage their thoughts. We as the educators need to find ways to support the children’s language and knowledge of their surroundings. In the video there was a game that was explained, called, “who has blue and who has brown” (Blankstein, Noguera, & Kelly, 2016)? While the children were playing the game, it seemed fun at first, then you see the children start to look upset. I think the reason they started to look upset was because they were looked at as the outcast people. With equity needs to be taught in the classroom, to respect one’s feelings, emotions, and to show that when you looked at as differ it is hurtful to one’s self esteem. In a sense the children felt they were not capable of learning at a greater level because they were told they weren’t smart. Students look to the teachers as their role model of what school is …show more content…
Being that I am the lead teacher in the classroom, one area in my class during free time, is when my boys want to go into the housekeeping area. The area has object for cleaning, dolls and accessories, cooking supplies, stove, and purses. There are times some of my girls tell the boys you’re not supposed to be cleaning wot the broom, my daddy says only women do that. Or maybe a boy walks by the housekeeping area, tells a boy, you’re a girl your cleaning and cooking to be this is bullying, I would like to identify a change for the preschoolers to understand anyone can play in any area, use anything in their classroom. Equity is premised upon a recognition that because all children are different there must be a deep commitment to meet the needs of every child to ensure that each student receives what he or she needs to grow and develop and ultimately to succeed (Blankstein, Noguera, & Kelly, 2016). So, I think for children to grow and explain their language and experiences they need to be able to play and explore where they feel can promote