This weeks observation had a lot going on. I get to class and the new boy that started last week gets dropped off by his mom. As soon as they go in he walks in screaming and crying saying "mom, no I don't want to stay". His
mom kisses him goodbye and quickly tries to rush out of there. He walks towards the door and tries to open in to get out. The teacher then has to try to console him by telling him she will back soon. Once all the kids are in the classroom, the new boy continues to cry, the teacher gives him the option to go play outside in the playground or stay inside and free play. He decides to stay inside then after a while of crying, the teacher goes over to turn on some music because another little boy asked her to put on a certain "bear hunt song". Once the music starts the other boy gets distracted with the music and quietly sits down and observes the other child who is singing along and making hand gestures. The child demonstrated separation anxiety because he still hasn't adapted to leaving home. It may take a few weeks before he feels completely comfortable and makes new friends. Other children played wit each other well, they played with puzzles and made paper airplanes, and played in the kitchen area which demonstrated some imaginary play. An activity I would try for the next class would be teaching the children how to make shapes and sizes out of paper. I see the kids enjoy working with arts and crafts so I would teach them making diamonds, triangles, house shapes, hearts, paper airplanes and then let them color or decorate it as they pleased. The children that had paper airplanes needed assistance fro the TA, so by letting them make their own they can enjoy making it themselves.
The reaction and emotions of children are so different. The class I observed made a new boy arrive about a week ago also. The teacher introduced him, he stood around for about ten minutes and then joined in with a group of children. If I were the teacher I would have found a student to pair him up with so that he wouldn't feel alone.
ReplyDeleteErica,
ReplyDeleteWow, I guess we really have some thing in common then. I have one girl her dad drop her off today. All she does was screaming very loud and cry at the same time. Her dad did say good bye or give her any kisses. All she could say was i want my daddy. The teacher try to console her for at least half an hour and it still didnt help. I feel that he must be very close to his mom.
Hi Erica,
ReplyDeleteYou could also talk about other things that fly. The class can go over forms of air transportation (hot air balloons, jets, space shuttles, etc.). OR you can go in the direction of animals that fly. I'm sure it would be fairly easy to find a template for a bird or bat paper "plane".