Blog 19: Independent Component 2

LITERAL

(a) Statement saying: “I, Sabrina Dalan, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

(b) In “Play: The Pathway From Theory to Practice” by Sandra Heidemann and Debbie Hewitt, they listed a few games preschool student’s could play. The teachers at the YMCA also helped me understand how to answer my EQ better.

(c) Sabrina's Senior Project Hours

(d) My Independent Component 2 was like my Independent Component 1. I continued with helping making and preparing activities with my mentors. Then I would play games with the children such as “Mr. Fox, What Time Is It?” or play puzzles with them. I would also supervise the children when they would work on activities.

INTERPRETIVE

Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  

APPLIED

How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

This component helped me answer my essential question because of the interviews I have had with the teachers at the YMCA. They helped me come up with my three answers for my EQ and they helped me see those answers applied in the classroom. 

April Additional Blog

So this month, the YMCA celebrated Easter. We had activities to prepare the children for easter, so they made rabbits, little chicks, and decorated eggs. They had an easter egg hunt so all the children had to make their own baskets to hold their eggs. From what my mentor told me, parents donated a lot of easter eggs so each child in the YMCA had about 25-35 eggs.

The other theme we had for this month was planting, so we had the children plant their own flowers.

We also had a small yogurt day. All the children brought in some fruit, granola, or yogurt donation so we had lots of healthy fruit.