melissa+Cato+blog

9/23/2011

I walked into the classroom and the children were very opened to me. They all came up to me and started asking questions. On the first day when I got there we did circle time. We went around the circle introducing each other and everyone had to tell what there favorite color was. The children were very open and excited to share who they were. I told them what my name was and then told them my favorite color which no one shared my favorite color. During choice play I went around the room trying to get to know the children by asking questions while they played. Some children where very open to me while other children were a little unsure to answer my questions. When some of the children aksed me questions then the other children who were unsure decided to walk over to me and just listen to my answers. At lot of the children like to play in the dress up area and pretend that they are cooks. The girls like to pretend they are mommy and take care of the babies. Some of the children in the class are very shy and there is one little boy who becomes very excited about a almost anything. I know that the chidlren enjoy circle time. They also enjoy pretending to write letters using pretend letters because not all the children know how to write. They are just beginning to learn how to write letters. Another thing I know about the children is that they like to pretend they are the teacher and make up their own stories using different props in the classroom. I believe in this praticum I will be able to learn a lot more from each child. I will be able to see were each child is in there learning stage. I hope the children will be eager to learn and I do believe by the end of my practicum I will be able to see how much they love to learn in several different ways.