Nature

Assignment 11:

Sarah used her resources well in this situation. Since she had such beautiful landmarks and such great learning opportunities, she created an program that was about nature and the children's environment. Her approach was to teach children that it is not all about "TV" and video games, nature is beautiful and she wanted to teach them how to appreciate it. The children in my program go on nature walks, we think about what we will see and make charts. The children learn about gardening and learning about different types of plants and see them grow. We teach the children that whatever is at the school, should stay at the school because it belongs there. The children enjoy catching potato bugs and millipedes, but they know that they need to go back home when we go back inside to play. I would love to be able to use resources from outside to help us learn about our environment because it is important that the children know what is around them. Involving the entire program was also great because then the children are all learning about the same thing.

Assignment 12:

As a director, I would want my staff to not feel like they are working for a corporate, I want them to feel like they are working in a open and welcoming preschool program. I would want the staff to be able to come to me to help them with any problems they are having. We have many different assessments, but I know that no child is the same, they are all developing the same, I feel that we often forget that children develop at their own pace. I really liked how they took the timepieces out of the classroom, because it allowed the children to not feel rushed. It allowed the children feel like they belong their. It wasn't so teacher-based and more about the child because the staff had to focus on the child and their body languages. My next steps, I would want to be able to use these techniques to create an amazing program!