Personal Narrative: My Kindergarten Classroom

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For the past two weeks I have been volunteering in Mrs. Bearson’s kindergarten classroom on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. I volunteer in her classroom at St. Francis Xavier from the time 10:15 to 11:25, and I arrive just after they have their snack. The classroom has small tables grouped where the kids have their spots, individual tables for kids to work on projects with the teacher, and a large spot on the floor where the kids gather for reading time. The classroom also has a sink area where the kids can wash their hands or get a rag to clean up their mess. Without counting me, the teacher child ratio is 2 to 22 or 1 to 11. As stated earlier these kids are kindergarten kids who are ages 5 and 6 and tend to have lots of energy when …show more content…
The first theory I could relate to my kindergarten classroom is Erikson’s 3rd stage of initiative and guilt. What stuck out to me the most in this stage is how the children frequently cling to adults. There is one girl in my class who whenever I enter the room she instantly tells me to come sit by here, and she will not leave my side the whole time I am there. Not only do I see Erikson’s 3rd stage, but I also witness the 4th stage as well because the kindergarteners are right on the cusp of the 3rd and 4th stage. Stage 4 is all about industry and feeling accomplished about the work the child has done. I see this with a young boy in my class who loves working and working with others, which is evident in how excited he gets during group time when he gets to work on his projects. Piaget is a stage theorist similar to Erikson, and he states that during the preoperational period kids tend to solve problems by imitating. I see this clear as day during group time because when some kids are stuck they look to their classmates and steal their ideas on what to write or draw. Also apart of this preoperational period …show more content…
For example, a young boy in my class was not done with his project when work time was over for the class; however, he continued working on the project even though class work time was over. Howard Gardner is not a stage theorist like the two previous theorists I have mentioned, but his multiple intelligences theory is something clearly visible in a kindergarten classroom. During reading time we often sing a song and many children demonstrate their musical talents by singing to the beat, but they also show their bodily-kinesthetic intelligence by doing the movements with the song as well. Another example of Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory is during centers the kids count the number of letters in the word they are trying to spell, which is an example of using their logical-mathematical intelligence. The kindergarten classroom I volunteer in is organized in a way that promotes teamwork and group work, which is an example of Lev Vygotsky’s theory that learning is based on social interactions. It has four tables that are full of four to five kids each and while I am there I see them interacting with each other and solving problems by working together. I see Sternberg’s theory of creative
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