October Blog Post

Hello everyone! So this month during my mentorship, we celebrated Breast Cancer Awareness and Halloween!
For Breast Cancer Awareness, all the teachers wore pink and pinned on a pink duct tape ribbon. That day, I started my Independent Component. I didn't do much, but I prepared the activity I suggested and read to the kids during circle time.

This is the Activity I suggested because that weeks theme was Friendship. They cut the outline out and decorated it.

Then on Halloween, we partied. Not really. Most of our activities were sensory practice and day of the dead projects. For the sensory activities, we had three different tubs. One tub had a few body parts in it with a mixture of cornstarch, red food dye, and water. The second tub was filled with colored pasta noodles dye blue, red, and pink. We put spider rings in with the noodles so the kids could try to take them out with chopsticks. The last tub had mini pumpkin baskets, mini cauldrons, three skeletons, and green jello. The kids just had too put the jello in the baskets, but they did it outside the tub, making a huge mess.

This is the Day of the Dead Skeleton the kids decorated.

On the left, its the necklace that the kids made. They coated the skill pendant with glitter and put whatever beads they wanted on it.

Blog 8 - Research and Working EQ

1.  What is your working EQ?

How can a preschool teacher help her students develop their behavior and social-emotional skill?

2.  What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.

EQ: How can a preschool teacher help her students develop their behavior and social-emotional skill?

• Have a behavior chart (red, yellow, green), “time out”, or take away some privileges
• Have group activities and rotate them to increase child’s engagement
• Use verbal and nonverbal encouragement for positive interactions
• Limit amount or material so children could share

3.  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?

I would have to say that the most important source that has helped me come up with this EQ is  Deborah Carter and Renee Norman’s "Class-Wide Positive Behavior Support In Preschool: Improving Teacher Implementation Through Consultation". It mentions the Positive Behavior Program (PBS) which is to help increase children’s adaptive, pro-social behavior and how bad behavior could affect a child’s life.

4.  Who is your mentor, or where are you doing mentorship, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

My mentor is Jenny Zamora and I'm working with her at the YMCA in Corona-Norco. What I'm doing at the YMCA is preparing Preschoolers for kindergarten and one of the main things we have to help the children with at the YMCA is their social-emotional skill.

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Aprroval

To get your idea approved now, please answer the following questions:

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I plan to come up with the activities for the children to do during the class to complete my 30 hours. I’ll teach the children how to do the activity and assist them. My activities will have to depend on the lesson plan of the week/month, so I’ll have to talk to the supervisor, the morning teachers, and my mentor.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I’ll meet the expectation of showing proof of my 30 hours by taking pictures of what the children did or bring the leftover activities (coloring pages, tracing, cutting, etc.). I’ll bring pictures of the finished projects of the children and maybe make one for myself to present as proof.

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

Since all the children are different, they’ll learn differently. I thought I could come up with various activities for the children to do to help them learn. Since each week involves a letter, color, number, and tracing their name, I could observe how each child learns them. I’ll be able to see their progress and discover new ways to help them learn.

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.

>>>>Senior Project Hours Log