Day5Care

I took the reigns today. Sure, it might have been on a horse that is unnecessary, but I did it!

Last night, I had to make a conscious decision to get the most out of this whole "volunteer at daycare" experience. First, I admitted to myself that - so far - I've "just" been playing with the kiddos.

But, during my self-eval (something we do often as pre-service teachers), I asked myself:
-How do I lead my own mini-centers? Especially when all the kids want to play with the lady who gets down on their level and offers her attention?
-How do I lead my own centers...with collaboration of the lead teachers?...maybe this will take more communication to them.

And so, today, I experimented during outside play time. If you had walked by our day care, you would have seen one crazy lady with a herd of 15 toddlers following her around the playground for an hour. An HOUR. We went on a repetitive adventure around the playground, lookout at the same birds, planes, flowers, etc. all the while Miss Liz makes everything look new. Some friends came and went and came back again...some friends stayed by my side for the whole play time...I can tell you that there was a LOT less action on the main ground...and I have to think I kept some kiddos out of trouble!