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The Learning House

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Kelley Stachel

The Learning House, May 2019

Contact: 810-123-4567

Skills:

1. Working with little kids

2. Having Patience

3. Respectful

4. Good time management

5. Good work ethic

6. Know some sign language

Work Experience:

Before my current job here, no where else.

Did a volunteer hour at Mason Elementary

Education:

Graduating from Grand Blanc High School on May 30, 2019

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Being able to get that extra hour in at work to be able to be around kids was a great experience and a good learning experience for what I want to do as far as having a future career.

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During my volunteer hour, I didn't work with any kids. They were in nap time so during this time I would just get out the kids snacks for later, clean and do laundry. After I clock into work at my placement, one of my hardest rooms where my classroom management was at the most is green room, the 2 year old room. At this age, I'm trying to teach them right from wrong and learn little things about colors, shapes and having good relationships with other kids

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I think teaching has a lot to do with growing relationships. Teaching is helping another person learn and grow and while they are learning educationally, they are growing a relationship with you too. this helps them in the future with everything that they are learning right now.

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I started to work at The Learning House on October 30, 2018 which later then became my work site/volunteer hour before clocking in for teachers education.. I’m not just there for an hour, I’m with these kids 20 hours a week and hopefully it my hours will go up after high school. You get attached to the kids and the kids get attached to you. They look up to you and they love you. Every infant and child I work with, I’ve grown love for every day. There is certain kids who you get really close with, more than others. One child that I’ve worked with is Edda, 4 years old. Over these past few months since I’ve started to work there, we’ve just always clicked with each other. If she sees me in the hall, she will peek from her classroom door just to wave and then ask her teacher if she can come give me and start a huge conversation with me about her day and the toys that she’s been playing with. Outside of the daycare, I ran into her at the store, and she immediately recognized me and she was just itching to come up to me and see me. I got down to her height to give her a hug and of course she started a conversation about her day and how she noticed that she didn’t see me at work because I had to take a day off. She will tell me multiple times a week how I am “the best teacher ever” and then will hold my hand or grab my face to start another conversation. She is one of the kids that make me love what I do and I love being able to see her and everyone else grow up at their own pace. I look forward to going to my work site/job every single day. It is my safeplace and it’s the relationships that you grow with each kid that make it worth it every day.

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In yellow room, 4 year old room, at this stage, they know right from wrong and sometimes they simply choose not to do the right thing so working on each child’s behavior is important. It’s not okay to yell or raise your voice with everything a child does. You learn how to handle their mistakes by saying something “Was this is a good decision to make? How can fix it so we can do. better next time?” Usually they will be considerate and talk it out with you. If the child continues to not listen, it can be time for a time out. Use the child’s age for the time amount. If a child is 4 years old, have they get a time out for 4 minutes. If the child is 6 years old have them have a time out for 6 minutes. Usually after this they won’t make the same mistake because they won’t want to go back into a time out.

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The biggest classroom management skill varies in each room depending on their age. When I am in the two year old room (green room) we are trying to teach them little things as they go on with their day. So that might mean asking what color a toy is, what shape is on a piece of paper or what animal is making what sound.  At this age they are a little bit more sensitive. The two year old stage has a lot of changes in the mind psychologically and physically, also since around this age they are starting to get out of training diapers which can be overwhelming at some points for parents.  (Red room and Purple room are both very similar to green room. They got hand in hand)