Observations

I had a great week with my kids last week. We had a lot of fun getting to look at the new caterpillars they have in the class room. It's so cute to see the kids anxiously await the change into a butterfly that they have been told is going to happen. My kids are very  observant with the types of things such as having something new In class like the caterpillars. They notice if one little thing is missing or if it has been added. They also love finding these changes, something I would've never noticed, they notice. It's awesome to watch their brains work to recognize and adapt to changes.

 Learning experiences

Although I know I seem to talk about the strong need for patience with young kids, I cannot seem to escape the thought of it because I run into the issue every single time I am in the class room. Four and five year olds get distracted very easily. It is very hard to keep them focused for long enough for you do teach or do anything with them. It's even hard to get through a whole read aloud without someone having to go to the thinking chair. I learn more and more patience every single time I walk in to oak pointe elementary school.

Reflections

Looking back on my the past couple weeks with my kids I realize how I need to become more involved with every single kid and not just the ones who tend to be attracted towards me. Some of my kids are very shy whereas some are the opposite of shy. With the shy kids it is hard to get them to interact with me sometimes and I think instead of trying harder I tend to look to the kids that I know will want to interact with me. 

Stories 

My classroom has a housekeeping section in it. In this section their is a play kitchen, a kitchen table, puppet, dress up clothes and other fun things. One of my girls, Yara, found out I was a cheerleader one day. She was so shocked and excited to know that Miss. Megan was a cheerleader. Ever since the day she found out I was a cheerleader she races everyone to the house keeping section everyday during center time to get the dress up cheerleading uniform. I think it is so precious that she looks up to me like that. 

Observations

Last week I noticed a lot about the different children and how the interact with each other. As assumed, most of the girls will tend to play with girls and most of the boys will tend to play with other boys. It seems as if the boys tend to play with the boys of similar interests, the trouble makers play with the other trouble makers. Then the more girly girls will hang out with the other girly girls. I love watching the kinda interact with each other because I feel like it teaches me a lot about who the are as individuals.

Learning experiences

On Friday mornings at oak pointe every student in the school gathers in the "commons" area and they have a morning meeting. I think it is so awesome to watch all of the kids together in the commons area getting excited about school and learning. The enthusiasm shown by the teacher and administration is what makes this possible though. When they get excited about learning so do the student. It's great to watch and it teaches me a lot about the way to act and how to treat the students.

Reflections

Wednesdays are my favorite day to go to field experience. I get to go to recess with my kids on Wednesdays and it is so much fun. The kids love it when I get to go out with them too so we both win. Last Wednesday when I went out with the kids I left with about five flowers in my hand because they picked them for me. It's so fun to see the kids do their own thing and watch who plays what with who. I love just observing my kids playing whatever they want. I think it is one of the best ways I learn about the kids.

Stories 

My kids were stand in line in the classroom before they were going somewhere and two of the girls were talking. They were talking about their outfits and one of them said, "well Miss. Megan likes my shirt." Then te other one said, "Miss. Megan said my shirt was pretty." It was so cute they were just having a simple conversation about who's shirt I liked better. I did not say any of the things about the girls shirts that they were saying but it was so cute to see thy I was the idea of their conversation about clothes.