Reciprocal Care Observation Paper

In regards to reciprocal care; the last “R” among the “Three R’s” of care giving, I can only concur that reciprocal care is a vital part of the program at the early childhood education center in which I reside. To begin with, due to the fact that I have been able to observe the infants responding properly to the teachers with their own ways of communication; true conversations were actually happening; a teacher conversing with an infant, allowing in this manner the infant to feel free to express themselves. Nevertheless, I was able to observe the teachers focusing on one infant at a time at any given moment. For example, during meal time the teacher prepared food for the infants after which she called them all over to the table. Despite most often infants’ incapability to walk, they managed their way via crawling over to the table. After which, the teacher allowed the
While the teacher fed her soup, she asked her questions such as, “Do you like the soup?”, while the infant responded by shaking her head as a sign of “yes”, then after, the teacher asked her “Do you want more soup?” , the infant made the same motion with her head saying “yes”. Moreover, the teacher dedicated her whole time to the single infant such that a whole iteration of interactions occurred between both of them. Once again, when the soup was almost finished for the second time, the teacher asked again, “Do you want more?” then the infant replied with a “no” by shaking her head from left to right. The teacher said “great! Now do you want me to help you to wash your face and your hands?” Upon which the infant replied “yes.” The fact that the teacher stayed with the infant, allowing her to have a whole iteration back and forth with the infant provided a good example of reciprocal