Jan 26

It was also challenging to deal with a girl who is five years old who was frowning because she couldn't do what she wanted to do during the activity. So, I should've given her simple rules like: “ You already took your turn. You need to wait for your friend before you take your turn again!” Furthermore, I had a hard time getting a two-year-old girl's attention during the circle. Next time, I will try calling her name more often and letting her go first to do the activities.

During morning free play, Boy P was mean to the others, doing things like breaking their tall buildings, scaring them by shouting, and trying to trip them. I asked him why he was being mean to his friends. He answered that it was because they were mean to him before. I explained why it was wrong to be mean to his friends, but it was not effective guidance. I should have told him something simpler like: “You are not allowed to play here if you are mean to your friends.”

Jan 26

I got a opportunity to do circle time with the topic "ship/boat” in the morning. They children really enjoyed doing activities in which they could touch the props and get involved in games such as attaching the pictures of ships on a felt board, pulling coloured contraction paper from a file and drawing a word card. It was going smoother than before because I told the children the set rules for the circle time and tried to get thier attention using hand made props. These have worked well so far. It was still challenging to do the circle for 20 minutes. Today, it was my first time  sending giving a child a time out during the circle. I felt horrible for having to send her, but I need to be firm about forbidding violence. I gave her the time out because she hit the girl next to her. While she was sitting on the 'time out chair' crying, I continued my circle while thinking “ was it good choice for her?” and “What else can I do for her?”. However, Miss Anna helped by talking to her and I talked to her after the circle, then she was fine. I leaned that it is a reasonable idea to remove children who goof around during the circle so the other children can concentrate on listing. There are other ways other than sending them to the 'time out chair'. I can let the child who had difficulty with participating sit on the chairs in the back row. I also had difficulty dealing with a girl who is five years old. She was frowning because she couldn't do what she wanted to during the activity. So, I should've gave her simple reasons like “ You already took your turn. You need wait until after your friend for you turn again!” Furthermore, I had a hard time getting the attention of a girl who is two years old. The next time, I tried to call her name more often and let her be first to do the activities. At morning free play, Boy P was mean to the others, ding things like breaking their tall building, scaring them by shouting and he also tried to make them fall down. I asked him why he had been mean to his friend. He answered that it was because they had wronged him before. I explained to him why it's not good to be mean to his friend. But it wasn't effective guidance. I should have told him more simple guidance like “ you may not be allowed to play here if you are mean to your friend.”

Nice job :)