Monday, March 30, 2015

March Additional blog

Hey guys!
So this month at my mentorship, the theme was sports!


The first week of March, the kids played soccer. The whole week, they learn the rules and by Friday, they had a game with the other classes.

The second week, they had a basketball game. Like with the weeks before the, they learn the rules and had a game with the other class.
The next week was a baseball game and the week after was a football game.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Blog 18: Fouth Interview Preparation


  1. What is the most effective strategy for a preschool teacher to use to develop their student’s social and emotional development?
  2. What kinds of outdoor activities can help children develop their social-emotional development?
  3. What kinds of indoor activities can develop a student’s social-emotional development?
  4. What is a good technique to get a child to open up to a teacher?
  5. What technique has worked for you to get to know a child? How were the results?
  6. What are some signs that a child needs more attention in developing their social-emotional development?
  7. If a child usually self-talks, what should a teacher do to help them talk with others? What is the best technique?
  8. Some children may be too shy to approach others. How would a teacher help the child interact other students without breaking down
  9. When a child uses destructive self talk, what should a teacher do? Why?
  10. How can a preschool teacher get a child involved in group play if he just wants to isolate himself?
  11. What kind of one-on-one can a parent do with their child to see what they can do to improve their child's social-emotional development at home?
  12. Since there are alternative ways in school to do discipline a child without "time out", what are good techniques to discipline a child at home?
  13. What programs do you recommend to parents to put their child in if they have difficulty developing their social-emotional development?
  14. Knowing that the preschool age group is still working on language development, what is a good way to teach them words to express their feelings?
  15. I read that nursery rhymes could help a child learn. How can nursery rhymes help a child’s social-emotional development?
  16. These days, many kids love watching TV. What kinds of shows or videos could help a child develop their social-emotional development?
  17. Do you have any good storybooks that could help develop a child’s social-emotional development? If so, what are a few good books?
  18. I learned from another teacher that it would be best to get to know a child to see their social-emotional development level. Working with many kids, how do you get one-on-one with a child to learn about them?
  19. Is there a technique that all preschool teachers use to develop all their student's social-emotional development although they might be at different levels? If there is, what is that technique and how is it taught to the students?
  20. Could interaction with animals help a child's social-emotional development? How?

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Blog 17: Third Answer


Just like you did for answer 1 and 2 post your:
EQ
  • What is the most effective strategy for a preschool teacher to use to develop their students' social and emotional development?
Answer #3 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*
  • The most effective strategy for a preschool teacher to use to develop their students' social and emotional development is to observe and get to know the child to see what they need to work on.
3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example)
  • All children are different; age and skill level
  • Can’t teach same strategy that teaches a 5 year old to a 3 year old because they won't understand it
  • See what child like to do and get them to teach other students
The research source (s) to support your details and answer
  • Play: The Pathway from Theory to Practice by Sandra Heidemann and Deborah Hewitt
  • Interview 3
Concluding Sentence
  • Before you could actually teach a child, you have to know what level they are at. You have to know what they know and find out what ways can help them learn.