Welcome back! Just like us, Monday was the kids’ first day back after a week of vacation. The preschool tries to follow the local public schools’ schedules concerning vacations, holidays, and snow days, so they were also on vacation last week. I had hoped to talk to some of the older students about their vacations, but did not get the opportunity to do that on Monday. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be working with the older group of kids, and I’ll be able to follow up with them on how their vacations went!
Because I have class C Block every day, I’ve found that I tend to miss the circle-time morning lessons a lot. Monday was no exception. The only free time I had to go to the preschool was right around lunchtime, but I made the most of the time I had, working with the toddler and transition classes again.
At recess, I kept an eye out over the kids, who were all very excited to try out a new plastic car, which was a great addition to recess activities. After recess, we all went inside for lunch. The kids are very much self-sufficient and well behaved, so I sat and talked with them, helping to open containers when they needed it. Most of the children leave school after lunch, but a few stay for the afternoon. I read a few books and played with toy cars before naptime. One of the hardest things about naptime is getting the very youngest children to sleep. Sound travels quickly, as the whole school is basically in one hall, divided up into three “rooms,” so its really important that everyone stays quiet. While we separated the two youngest ones, they still enjoyed “talking” (should I say babbling) to each other through the makeshift wall. After calming them down though, we were able to get them to sleep.
Despite being there for primarily recess, lunch, and naptime, I did learn a little about accident reports. At recess, one of the little girls got her finger pinched between a plastic car and the bench. One of the teachers got her all cleaned up; she had a cut on her finger and the nail was bent back a bit. However, she was unhappy enough that it warranted the teacher to file an accident report, explaining what happened, where the accident took place, and what care was given for the injury. I hadn’t really thought that such seemingly little things would require paperwork, but looking back it makes sense.
Tomorrow I will be able to spend a little more time at the school in the afternoon, so I am looking forward to helping out in the classroom a bit more.
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