Essay on Reflection: Question and Children

Submitted By Nat134
Words: 1227
Pages: 5
Open Document
Natalya Saunders

Reflection

Description
My placement did an activity where the children were told a story on shapes, colors and numbers. They were each individually asked questions about the book. For example “What color does red and blue make?” and “Can you find a square shape in the room?

After lunch, the children were told to sit down on the mat for a story. While this was happening, me and two other practitioners placed shapes, colors and numbers around the room in different areas. While A read the story, she stopped on the numbers page and asked Ch1 what number she was pointing to. Ch1 said that she was pointing to the number 3. A congratulated Ch1 and then asked him to go and find the number 3 in the nursery.

Ch1 got up from the mat and walked around the room; he walked over to the home corner and looked on the small sofas. He shouted out that he found it, he came running back with a laminated number 3. A smiled and told him to sit back down with it.

A continued to do this for the rest of the numbers part of the book, then when the book got to the shapes, A asked Ch2 what colour you get if you mix blue and yellow together. Ch2 sat in silence for a few seconds and then she said to A quietly if the answer was green. A agreed with her, and said well done. Ch2 stood up and asked A if she could go and find the colour green. A agreed she could and praised her for asking nicely.

Ch2 walked around the puzzle tables slowly; as she did so she looked from side to side, checking the tables carefully. She walked over to A2 and said that she couldn’t find the colour anywhere. A2 bent down and told her to have a look in the sand pit. Ch2 skipped over to the sand pit and using her hands she brushed away some sand and found a piece of green card. She ran back to A and waved the card. A congratulated her, before she sat down A asked Ch2 how many sides the piece of card had. Ch2 counted the sides slowly, she then sat down and told A that there was 4 sides. A praised her and said to the other children that they would be learning about shapes next.

A pointed out all the shapes in the book she then asked Ch3, Ch4, Ch5 and Ch6 to go and find specific shapes that were hidden. She asked Ch3 to find a triangle, Ch4 was asked to find a star, Ch5 was asked to find a rectangle and Ch6 was asked to find a circle.

Ch3 found the purple colored triangle, poking out of a book in the story corner, Ch4 found the green star on top of the drawer of construction things. Ch5 found a blue rectangle near the play-doh table. When they had sat down Ch6 was still looking for the red circle, he walked back to A, and he had a frown on his face, and said that he couldn’t find the circle. A smiled to him and told him to ask me if I knew where it was. Ch6 walked over to and held my hand. I squatted down next to him; he asked me if I knew where the red circle was hidden. I smiled and reached into my pocket. I then gave him the circle which had been given to me to hide. He laughed and hugged me. Still holding my hand he took me back to the mat where he explained to A that I was hiding it in my pocket. A laughed and gave Ch6 a hug and told him to sit back down.

When the story was finished A asked the children to hand back the shapes, colors and numbers, one at a time. All the children at the back got up and came up to the front, they gave their items back to A, and one at a time A asked them what items they had been holding were. All the children answered correctly, even though some took longer to answer. As a reward all the children were given a sticker from the reward book.

Evaluation

There was good and bad to come from this activity, the good was that all the children were developing their intellectual development, as well as developing their memory’s. They were also developing their social skills as they were answering questions that they were in. There were also their listening skills, as many of the children don’t like
Show More

Related Documents: Essay on Reflection: Question and Children

Pedagogical Practice

what could be changed. They look at an event from different perspectives and ask questions to develop new ways of thinking and understanding. Children should be allowed to make decisions and make choices about their own learning in learning contexts. Educators play an important role in providing such opportunities to children by reflecting on their experiences in pedagogical practice. There is a great impact of reflection on pedagogical practice where educators think critically from wide range of viewpoints…

Words 974 - Pages 4

Cyp 3.1 Explain How To Support Children And Adults

practitioner can do to help support and promote children to reflect. Encouraging children to think about what they did enables them to use this information as they plan what they will do next. It is valuable to have a set time each day when children gather in a small group to share what they have done. For example, this can occur immediately after free play or circle time, during snack, or before going outside. Schedule a period for reflection soon after children have completed their planned activities.…

Words 798 - Pages 4

Critical Reflection In Early Childhood Education

“ongoing learning and reflective practice” as one of the key principles (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [DEEWR], 2009, p. 13). Critical reflection is an on going thinking process where teachers reflect on their own practice, their skills and the impact it has made. According to Miller (2011), critical reflection lets the educator think about the event, issue or practice from different viewpoints. Early childhood educators very closely examine what is happening in their surrounding…

Words 1107 - Pages 5

Reflection On Ice Standard 2 Rationale

learning environment that supports the development of all children. In my Classroom Management Plan (CMP) Reflection I identified the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS) as a tool I will used to provide an emotionally, physically safe environment for children. By striving to meet the high standards in the rating scale I will provide an environment that best fits the needs of all children regardless of ability. In my CMP Reflection I address how I will create and maintain consistent routines…

Words 577 - Pages 3

EPT Ass2 Essay

the reflections of a young boy exploring a prehistoric rainforest in North Queensland. The real life collage illustrations contained within the text are constructed from natural materials. This creates a stunning three-dimensional effect bringing together visions of the past, present and future. 
 Jeannie Baker showcases through the text the issue of sustainability and the very real need to protect our environment. Environmental sustainability is an important and relevant issue for children, families…

Words 2598 - Pages 11

Reflection and Staff Essays

we believe that reflecting on our day-to-day practice enables us to analyse why and how we do things, and to consider whether different approaches might benefit the nursery, children, parents/carers or staff. We use reflective practice as a model for developing our skills and making sense of the work we do for the children and the nursery. During reflective room or staff meetings we: • listen openly to the ideas of others • reflect on our own work and on the work of those around you • consider…

Words 1101 - Pages 5

Why Diversity

example of how images reflected in the media can harm to a person of color. In the experiment, Black children were given a white doll and a black doll and were asked such questions as “Which one is prettier?” Overwhelmingly, the children would choose the white doll. In 1996, as part of my undergraduate thesis, I attempted to prove that while diversity in the media had improved, many Black children still had lower self-esteem. My thesis partner and I chose three different dolls, a white doll, a light-skinned…

Words 961 - Pages 4

Ms Thurga Essay

Response to question 1 on feature articles: Feature articles are often written with a specific target audience in mind and as such reflect and reinforce the values and attitudes held by society. At other times, feature articles are also written with a view towards making society reflect on its values as well as challenging these beliefs. This is evident in Clive Hamilton’s ‘Affluenza: the new illness in Australia?’ published in 2005 and ‘Hard Sell’ published in the Weekend West, 2012. In Affluenza…

Words 1265 - Pages 6

Essay On Analysis Methods

My Reflection on Application of Analytic Methods Course The nursing profession of today’s world has called for the elevation of the advanced nursing education to a higher degree for a better patient outcome (Cronenwett, et al., 2011), and in 2004, the American association of college s of nursing (ANCN) gave approval for the training of all advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) in the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program (Potempa, 2011). In reference to the APRN approval for a higher…

Words 629 - Pages 3

cf Alternate Assignment Event 2 Essay

besides mode of administration, such as the type of text children are expected to read on the test (e.g., narrative, informational, or poetic material); time constraints and pressure for speed; whether or not children can refer back to the text in answering comprehension questions; and response format, or how children are expected to demonstrate comprehension of what they have read. Three response formats are especially common: cloze, question-answering, and retellings. Cloze format tests present sentences…

Words 825 - Pages 4