Teacher will set up dramatic play area before calling kids over. There will first be a couple of crayons and paper on a table with 2 chairs at it. The first group of…
Within the day, the classroom has been transformed from “institutional” to “complicated and inspired”*. The ability of Thorton to look back at the room she spent all day in, and no longer see the traditional classroom…
In this paper, I chose to observe the toddler room. I picked Beau; he has brown hair with hazel eyes. He is 33 months old. He weighs 33 pounds and is 38 inches tall.…
In this paper I will discuss an observation and the developmental needs of a small group of older twos. First I will discuss the observation of Mrs. Nicole’s two-year-old classroom. Which focus on the social-emotional atmosphere and the challenging behaviors. Next I will focus on the social-emotional atmosphere, the curriculum and the proposed objectives. The objectives support the curriculum, which can be a major part of a child’s development.…
The first hour and a half I spent observing Mrs. Ballardo kindergarten classroom. The type of lesson that I am observing is Math Cooperative groups and the objective that is being worked on in this lesson is that the students can show that they know the numbers by counting dots on a die. When walking into the classroom I immediately felt like this was a class that promoted learning. It felt so welcoming, and the mood of the children were great they were all sitting on the rug and ready to learn. The classroom is arranged with the five tables. When you first walk into the classroom there are two…
The child I am observing (Child N), is a five-year six-month old boy who attends a public school located in the West Village area of Manhattan. He is classified as being speech impaired. As per classroom teachers, he is bright in the sense that there are some tasks he is able to complete without verbal cues such as sorting, and an inquisitive child in the sense that shows interest in new things and people. My first day he stared at me nearly the entire time I was in the class. He demonstrates delays in most areas of development. Child N receives speech therapy individually two times a week for thirty minutes in a separate location and in a group of three, once a week, for thirty minutes in a separate location. He receives occupational…
The focus on this observation was language and literacy. In the preschool classroom the connection I want to make in there with language and literacy would be when the teacher was reading the class on a book about Tinkerbell and Peter Pan. The teacher made sure to ask questions during the readings and have the class answer her back. In order to fully keep the children in a fairly long book. After the teacher completed the book the kids went outside for recess. As I observed the children playing on the playground they were acting out parts from the story with each other.…
I had the opportunity to observe at the Isabel Patterson Child Development Center in Long Beach. It was my first time observing in this center so I had to be there before my observation time, which was at 2:30pm. Once, I entered the building the atmosphere was welcoming and enjoyable. The children I observed where around the ages of three to five. During my observation there was twenty-eight children and five teachers present. The building was all wooden on the inside and at the entrance there was a welcome wall colored with a rainbow. There were art projects hanged on the walls as well as learning material. On the sides of the of the building shelves were organized with labels so that the children would know where to put back the material.…
On November 17, 2015, I observed adolescents ages 12-15 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m, at the Windsor Middle School. I went to a few classes in every grade and sat at the back at the class and observed the class for about 15 to 20 minutes. I also observed the physical education class and their lunch break to watch for signs of eating disorders.…
Fourth grade, my teacher Mrs. TRaurig comes into the classroom with a large, peculiar, full body costume of The Cat in the Hat. The fumes of food swam through the room. “Quiet down, students!” she yells as we all silently take our seats on the circular carpet. She reads Green Eggs and Ham by,…
I observed Mr. Dave’s pre-k class at Montclair pre-school. I arrived at the classroom at 8:00 am to accessed the classroom as well to speak to Mr. Dave. We reviewed the day’s plan as I helped him clean up. While cleaning around the room I noticed how colorful the room was. There were: banners of letters and numbers hanging on the wall, as well as a large alphabet carpet on the floor for the kids to sit on, toys to play with and books to read. As the children arrived, they removed their belongings and placed them in the cubbies. Afterwards, they grabbed their name tags and set their lunchboxes on the lunchbox table. I played with the kids until class started at 9:00…
In a small school called Hailsham placed in England in the 1990’s, Kathy, a student from years back is looking in search of Hailsham after a few years of it being shut down. Kathy has reminisce of Tommy; a strong-willed boy who was the best football player at the time, threw tantrums and wore a special polo shirt as good luck. She also had reminisce of her times at Hailsham and the events that had taken place there. When Kathy was a student, everyone who attended was examined weekly in Room 18 by a nurse who everyone nicknamed Crow Face. Kathy and the other students learned about “exchanges” which took place four times a year; once in the spring, summer, autumn, and winter. How you were regarded at Hailsham was based on how well you were at creating. These creations that students made were part of the exchange and students would buy work done by other students in your own year. When students bought your creations, this would get you tokens and you could buy other creations from class mates. Tommy is a shy child who is not very creative. In Miss Geraldine’s class is where most of the students make their creations. Tommy made a kid-like creation of an elephant painting and Miss Geraldine praised Tommy for his uniqueness. After Tommy stopped throwing his tantrums during school he stopped getting made fun of. The woman, who ran Hailsham, went by the name of Madame. She was a tall, French, narrow, short haired and distant from the children. Miss Emily was one of the students’ favorite teachers. She was older, stood straight, had silvery hair that she wore back; quiet, deliberate voice, and made fair decisions. In Miss Emily’s and Miss Lucy’s class, the students talked about the token controversy over Madame taking work and paying the students with tokens. Eventually the issue got resolved and tokens were given to the students. Polly, a student from the same year as…
Class started at 9:15am, all of the children were ordered to place their backpacks and lunch in their cubbies, as well as hanging their coats up on a hanger. The rationale of this is to teach the children how to be more independent. As the class activities began for the day…
Walking inside the International Technology Academy in Pontiac, Michigan, I quickly make my way to the elementary section of the school. Ms. Thomas´ kindergarten class would be the subject of observation. The room is tucked away in a small corner, cradling an exercise room and a brick wall. Childlike drawings scribbled in red, green and black crayon litter the room´s…
THE HEART OF A TEACHER By Paula Fox The child arrives like a mystery box… with puzzle pieces inside some of the pieces are broken or missing… and others just seem to hide But the HEART of a teacher can sort them out… and help the child to see the potential for greatness he has within… a picture of what he can be…