DESIGNING INCLUSIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD SETTINGS

 

The floor plan of the school environment.










Background of the school environment that was used for my practicum.

 

The principal of the school which is the owner attended the University of West Indies and completed her bachelors in education specialization in ECE & Family Studies, after she was employed in a primary school; while she was teaching in the primary school she decided it was time to open her own preschool. The preschool centre is divided into five colourful learning areas consisting of Mathematics, Language Arts, Spanish, Science & Social Studies, displaying a wide range of visual presentations to assist with learning. It encompasses physical space and a variety of learning resources. 

 

My Observation.

 

Daily Routines.

 

Daily Routines

Hours

Arrival Time

8:00 am- 9:00 am

Worship

9:00 am-9:30am

Snack Time

9:30 am- 10:00 am

Learning Centre

10:00 am- 11:00 am

Reading

11:00 am-11:30am

Outdoor Play

11:30 am -12:00pm

Lunchtime

12:00 pm- 1:00 pm

Nap Time

1:00 pm- 2:00 pm

Home Time

2:00 pm- 3:00 pm


The daily routine in the preschool might have some interchange from time to time depending on what the teacher had plan for the day. There will be different transitions throughout the day that will change the routine.

 

Best Practice.

 

While I was in the school for my practicum there were different practices that I saw whereas the teacher will give children some toys or blocks and some children  will interact while some don’t. There will be activities that she will do with the children and some students  will learn at their own pace while some will need assisting, in that particular practice I remember Maria Montessori theory. Also there was another observation that I made in the classroom that children will experience different type of emotions throughout the day, some children will be able to explain their emotions while others can’t so the teacher will use different techniques to get the child to explain their emotions. In the classroom it have a particular child that disrupt the class, so the teacher will discipline   the child by talking to him but according to B. F. Skinner “behaviors can learn through reinforcement or punishment”. Doing outdoor activities with the children was fun and interesting whereas some children would want to play with the teacher while some will play by themselves or interact with others, playing with the children outdoor will encourage or make the child feel happy and exciting that the teacher have interest to play a game or interact with him/her.

 

Challenges.

 

The challenges that I had observe in the classroom were children were distracted easily, can’t remember what was taught five minutes ago, can’t give the teacher their undivided attention for reading lessons and unfortunately don’t listen to the teacher sometimes.

 

Example of innovated teaching methods or family interactions.

 

The teacher showed different teaching methods in the classroom by having an interactive learning session with the children during the cooking activity or even reading session, hands-on activity each day because that’s what children prefer at a smaller age and before my practicum came to an end the teacher was organizing an Easter celebrations whereas family have to attend with the children  to have a fun and entertaining day. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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