Personal Narrative: Westfield Child Center On My Life

For the classroom observation assignment I was able to observe at Stepping Stones Family Childcare and Preschool Program. I conducted observations for five hours each on the dates of September 24th and September 25th of the year 2015. This licensed home-based daycare and preschool program is located in a quiet suburban neighborhood on 4103 Bryant Street, Blasdell, New York. The facility allows for a twelve-child capacity (ages 6 weeks to 12 years with four additional school age) and is owned and founded by Kim Bannister. When I observed, there were two additional staff present. Therefore, there were a total of 3 adults and 12 children at the center when I observed. New York State Senator Marc C. Panepinto was also present on September 25th as he read to the children and toured the home. I chose this specific setting as I personally thought it would be an interesting dynamic to study how a home-based preschool program is run.

My whole life I felt love, but never like the love I experienced three years when I walked in the Lawrence County Developmental Center. The LCDC is the special needs program for the student of East Lawrence and I was chosen to be an aide my sophomore year. Most of the kids could not speak, if they could speak they still had problems communicating. I felt like I had walked into a totally different world, and that made me want to spend every free moment in the LCDC. My three years with those kids taught me the most incredible lesson: your life is what you make it.

I was fifteen years old when my mother invited me to help out with the local foster home. When I arrived at the foster home I began to cry in response to the young children that I saw. It was difficult for me to understand the children's emotions initially but throughout the day I learned the reason behind their joy. Most of the foster children were grateful for the little deeds that the volunteers performed for them because we showed that we cared about them. In all honesty many people take for granted the advantages they have for succeeding in life. The foster children that I've seen that day were limited because they did not have the physical and the emotional support of their families. I did not realized how blessed I was to have a loving

planned to engage children to have new experinces and to build their knowledge, skills and abilities. I am going to explain about the interactions between staff, children, and peers. I will also be describing the space and furniture, health and safety, and the program structure in the center.

People who walk through the Children’s Hospital are sometimes unable to shift their focus off of all the sick kids, I was one of those kids. From the time I was two I practically lived in that place. The doctors couldn't find a cause for my immune system to be so weak so I was continuously having tests performed on me. I was in quarantine and the doctors and nurses had to wear hazmat suits to come into my room. Cancer patients as young as me were everywhere and each week there would be kids I stopped seeing.

My experience working at Cutler Bay Middle School through a nonprofit AmeriCorps program called City Year, makes me a good fit for this position. During my year of service, I help run tutoring in the morning, I did behavioral mentoring to a set of 8 students during lunch and ran an after school club. In the classroom, I did specialized interventions for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students in ESOL classes. I also helped run two successful events at Cutler Bay Middle school one was a literacy and math event and the other was a talent show. Please see the attached document for a copy of my resume and I look forward to speaking with you regarding my

I looked forward to coming to the classroom every day and seeing twenty-four happy faces each morning. Your children were welcoming to me from the beginning and I can honestly say that I felt a part of the McSwain classroom community. Your children helped me grow as a teacher and were always willing to try their best for me, which is not always easy when they

The preschool teachers, at the VA Child Care Center, help each child to form friendships and to be respectful to all. They accomplish this by giving the children opportunities to work, create, learn, and play together in large and small groups. The teachers model positive

I was lucky enough to have my field placement at my place of work. I have worked at Wonderland of Learning in Bowling Green since the beginning of the second semester of this school year. I have worked in the infant room, the junior toddler room, the preschool room, and the begindergarten (prekindergarten) room, but mainly the infant room. I am going to be very honest about this daycare center, I don’t think it is the best it can be. Overall, I believe that this center could use a lot of work not only in diversity, but in many other aspects as well. I think the lead teachers need to be held to a higher standard. They are leaving classrooms and leaving teachers above ratio which is against the law and puts everyone at risk. I also think after

Supposed I was to actually manage “The Children Are Our Future,” I would need to put the skills I have now that would help me in the Human Services profession to use, but I would also need to develop more skills. The set of skills I have now that would help me manage the created program from earlier in this essay, is that I am a very good observer. In this field of work being a good observer is very important because children will tell you something but their body language will say otherwise, so you would have to pay attention to what they say and how they react when they say certain things. Another skill I have is that I am very empathetic, and dealing with children who will most likely been through a lot, I will have to use that ability to

I adore working with children. I devote a lot of my time to helping entertain and teach kids. My local church runs a summer program named ‘Sidewalk Kids Hours’ (SWKH). Through the past few years I have volunteered more than 150 hours to this program, as well as my local boy-scouts program. The majority of the time is spent preparing lessons, and creating props, instead of the two days a week we run the program. However, the majority of people who work with this programs are teens, so even though I am not working with children every day, I still enjoy every day I go in.

In spring 2016, the weather was very chilly, but my body and mind were warmer than ever. I moved from California to Ohio. When I took the government class, I had a project that filled the volunteer time. I chose Midpointe library because I heard that volunteer is assistant of the children’s program. I am fond of children, so the program is suitable for me. First time, I put the paper on the wall every 20 minutes, and check how children did. Also, many children asked me about the program. I was obviously flustered because I am not good at the English, and the program was different with my thought. I didn’t want to volunteer anymore; however, I should do in there. Second time, I made mini-golf set with partner for the children. Many children came to the program and experienced

Have you ever had a kid or had the pleasure of working with children at the stage of life where they are still learning at life? Well I have and I can say it was the most wonderful horrible time I have ever experienced. I got spat on, peed on, bitten; yelled at. It was like living with small versions of your grandparents. Even though things happened nothing could hold a torch to the week I had to potty train twins.

How has your life changed since the fifth grade? Since Elementary School, I’ve gained more freedom, self responsibilities, and school has gotten harder. My freedom, responsibilities, and school work, have given me an opportunity to finally give me a chance to prove that I am responsible and know how to get things done.

Over the course of this semester I had the opportunity to teach at three very different schools in the Laramie area, St. Laurence, Snowy Range Academe, and the Lad school located on the University of Wyoming campus. At these different locations I was able to teach Pre-k through 2nd grade. I was also exposed to teaching in very different locations, school set ups, and teaching styles of the resident teachers.