We had a recess in the morning. The children played at the playground and ran around a lot. So they had a great time promoting their physical strength outside. During our transition to lunch, the siren rang for a fire drill. Some of them had just started to eat and kept eating their lunch on the tables, not realizing that it meant that they have to evacuate. The other children still took off their jackets and shoes near a doorway. Once Miss Anna told them to line up and go outside, some of them realized there was some kind of emergency and got scared. So I comforted them and said, “We just need to go outside like we just did. No worries.” We were calm and smoothly went outside. While outside, the teachers counted the number children and I was trying to get their attention by talking to the children at eye level. Which reminded me of the time when I was working with children in Japan because we had lot of earthquakes. So that helped me naturally know what I have to do in emergency.

At lunch, Girl L kept coming to me and could not sit and eat on the chair. I asked her, “Can you sit on the chair?” Then she went back to her seat. However, she repeatedly left her seat to get me. Krystle gave me some advice that it is better to speak directly instead of asking questions. There are two ways, the rules, and the choices in guidance. When I guide them following the rules, I need to say things directly. When there are choices, I could say things like “ ---ok?” or “ Can I--?” 

At afternoon free play time, Boy P and Boy N were trying to scared Boy M. M was running away from them while laughing playfully at first. He was getting annoyed with them after a while. However, the boys did not realize M's feelings, so they kept doing that. Finally, he ran on the shelf. He seemed to be very upset. So, I talked to them about his feeling and why the boys wanted to scare M. The boys said that M hit them and he did not understand anything. I told them that hitting was not okay to everybody. Also, it is not the best choice to scare him to solve your feelings. M had difficulty speaking, so it is always important to assist him on how you express yourself and socialize.