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//This is a photo of a former student and me I went to celebrate her 8th birthday!!! ‍‍‍‍‍‍IWe skated into each others lifes when she was just 2years old,and because of the bond we share I am really good friends with her family...//"The events of childhood do not pass but repeat themselves like seasons of the year." //- Eleanor Farjeon-// //What are you going to do to get the know the children of th ‍‍‍‍‍‍e classroom? What do you know about them now? What are they interested in? Im going to get to know the children of Pre-K 1 by interacting with them in four special domains which are citical durning the ages 3-5 social/ emotional, physical development, cognitive development, and language developments build confiedence while allowing all children to continue to learn and develop to his or her fullest potential.// //So far I have learned that these children have a havre an interest for gross motor, animals and colors, so i decided to create a brown bear lesson plan to observe there love for early math skills while still incorperating colors and animals. I am very excited to observe how this planned experience will impact the children. Stay tuned I will be posting the resaults of my learning experience Tuesday September 27, 20011// //My learning experiece plan...went great I am unable to upload video but this is a photo of us in action with Brown Bear Math (counting)// //New Post // //My student iniated goal is offically completed I created a name book tiltled Pre- K Pre-K What Name do You See? I choose this goal because many children struggle with being able to identify their name in print. My outcome is that each child is able to identify the first letter of their names and at least the first letter of a peers. This book will increase vocabulary and language development, phonological awarness, letter and name recognition, comphrehension, and most importanly how to appreciate and enjoy reading! Lastly Mrs. Heather displayed the book for the parents and they really enjoyed it and was even more impressed when the children were able to read it independently to them.// Front Cov er

This is only the keepsake copy this book has no words only a picture and the first letter of the of each class member. The other copy has the words, pictcures, and the first name.

//10/12/11 What are you doing to get to know the children in the classroom? What do you know about them now? What are they interested in?// //All I can say is that time passes by fast when your having fun! The children of the pre- k class are very fasinating they are eager learners thirsting for new and exciting experiences to come their way. I am coming better aquainted with the children by taking the advantage to interact with during gross motor times daily. So I get a chance to interact with daily instead of weekly. I learned that many children of this enviroment has nebeen to preschool this is their first experience so many of them are shy until until they feel conected with youWithin the first couple weeks alot has taken place in the envinterest areas. // //The research and therory iroment they lost a teacher! Ms. Helena has moved on now they have a male teacher name Mr.Will he is great however children now have to get readjusted but for the most part things are running smoothly both teachers compliment one another and creates a wonderful learning enviroment for the children.// //The children are really interested books, singing, and art experiences, this week children are learning about pumpkins in the fall! Im excited today the center will be visiting the Reileys Farm in this rainy weather. I will post pictures soon// //10/25/11// //How does the curriculum support ( or not) support) the developmental stages the children are in? I believe that Creative Curriculum does supprt the devevelopmenatl stages that children are in because the curriculum goals and objectives support children soical emotionally,physcailly, cognitively, and build on langauge development. Many children in Pre- K 1 needs alot of extra suppport social emotionally. many childrenren have never been away or experienced a preschool setting so they are still working their way to find trust in adults as well as peers and learning how to adjust to new situations and a daily routine. The best part of this curriculum is that haveone plays a role in the enviroment such as the family,the enviroment, the teachers role and wyas he or she constructs a learning enviroment to help children to continue to learn and grow as well as what they learning in the 11 interest areas. The therory and research behind the Creative Curriculum aligns with the NAEYC because of its developmentally age apportiatness practices when working with young children.////The curriculum is influenced by some of the best theriost such as Maslow, Erickson, Piaget,Vygotsky,Gardner,and SmianskySometimes I ponder what would early education be like with out them and many others paving the way for our diverse future. // //The kinds of materials and interactions that best supports these stages are developmentally age aportiate toys based on age and experiences. The interactions should be child centered, teacher directed to promote children's learning for the differnt stages of development.// //It's always wonderful to see children work at their own pace and make accomplishments with pride!//

My final reflection Novemeber 10,2011

My Pre-K days are nearing the end but all my new friends accomplishments will stick with me to the end, Pre - k is fun Pre-K is great Pre-K helps all children celebrate while playing they are developing more and more by strengthing their skills in all domains, My Pre- K was a sunny delight I enjoyed watching all my new friends shine so bright The learning for us both was amazing and out of sight, can we scream Pre-K is dynomite.Each of my new friends holds something special and unique read along and take a peek... Areil is 4yrs old and worked hard on learning the letters of her name and has successfully acomplished writing her first name.

Thomas is 4yrs old he has autisum he is now able to identify 12 or more letters and enjoys spelling out words.

Delron is 4yrs old he enjoys building bridges and roads for animals he is able to build more complex block buildings.

Aryona is 3 yrs old she is very good with using her fine motor skills she is very advnaced using the computer.

Alura is 3yrs old and enjoys buring off engery when she can she utilizes her bodliy/ kinesthic when playing basketball and soccer during gross motor.

Treasure is 4yrs old and he is African he has been in America for two yrs. he already has learned all the letters in the alphabet and recently larned their sounds.

Elijah is 4ys old and has an identical brother he is great at retaining facts he is able to defin (hibernation, hedgehog, and frogs) from the moring circletime experience with Mrs.Heather teaching about animals that hibernate.

Jelanni is 3yrs old he is also African he is very coopertive and pleasent he is making progress on tasting new foods he system has a hard time digesting American food.

Mariah is 3 yrs old and is great and using her social emotional development she enjoys comforting her friends when they are sad and upset.

TaRiq is 3yrs old and knows how to keep others around him laughing he has a great sense of humor.

Lastly Tailyn is 4yrs and she has never been in preschool she gaining trust in peers and adults and enjoys siging and learning new songs.  So as you can see they learned so much through play all I can do is say hip hip hurray that is way saying bye-bye is going to be so hard to do but with all are experiences together I learned that my new friends dreams and goals can and will always come true!

Kodak Moment: Theme of the week: Fire Safety Jelenni & Treasure participating in an outdoor activity creating a pretend fire with spray bottles on a large sheet they threw their fire googles on the ground. Sheet looks great way to junior firefighters! media type="custom" key="11275430"