So over the first week I had over lapped with Sarah over practicum and had shared the responsibilities such as attendance, supervising bus students that attend George Murray Elementary, and doing craft or activity with the children and prepping the breakfast foods. When Sarah go up with the G.M.M students to wait for the bus, I would help playground supervise. One of the best feelings in the world is being acknowledged by young children when they arrive at school or you see them in the hall ways . The children still call me Ms. Patti. So morning supervision was never a chore . Was a delightful way to start the day and see the children before they headed off to class.
The children are doing Sarah’s toilet paper roll craft. I was still very unsure how to go about my project for this practicum. So I continued to help with the breakfast foods and do open ended play with some of the other children and wait for the bus students to get ready to go. I eagerly look forward to seeing Deb Jarvis, E.C.E instructor, and see what we converse about and collaberate over. I was tired of feeling like I was not making the connection in my pedagogy of listening with the small amount of time I had with the children . Discouragement was something that lingered in the air.
Today A.P. and T.M. have been reunited after T.M. sister received gene therapy in Kelowna for two weeks. They were so happy to see eachother the joy was apparent. While playing together at free-time at the end of the day T.M. took a car out of the pile of auto mobiles and air craft that was compiled on the floor. A.P. said” hey that is my car!” T.M. apologized profusely and actually admitted taking it and gave it back with no fuss or complications. While practicing pedagogy of listening I was able to keep my distance to a ear shot and see if they could discover a way to figure out their situation themselves. I was very impressed that it worked out the way it did. Was
“Play can be individual, collective, spontaneous, planned, experimental, purposeful, unpredictable, or dynamic.”
page 24 British Columbia Early Learning Framework