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School Readiness Goals: When Good Intentions Go Bad

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School Readiness Goals: When Good Intentions Go Bad

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Changing the Way We Talk to Young Children

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Changing the Way We Talk to Young Children

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Amelia's Story: Recognizing That Every Child Is Different

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Amelia's Story: Recognizing That Every Child Is Different

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Envisioning a Preschool Classroom That Works for All Children

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Envisioning a Preschool Classroom That Works for All Children

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Where Do We Go From Here? Creating a Human Classroom

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Where Do We Go From Here? Creating a Human Classroom

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Once in my classroom, I had a parent who was so worried about having their student academically ready for school, that the social skills were not sufficient. The child was very smart, knew every color, shape, animal, and could even read at two! Unfortunately this was at the cost of his social skills. He would only talk to teachers, he would throw himself on the floor when we was mad, and he did not play well with others.

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Being that I teach a two year old class, I am able to work with my students on social/emotional skills. We incorporate learning shapes and colors with social skills. For example, we will work on sharing the red car or taking turns organizing animals.

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I had the same problem may teachers admitted too. My "behavior" students were mostly boys. Instead of recognizing that is an appropriate practice for boys their age I would get frustrated. Now, I know that they are developing at a slower rate than the girls.

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I always love when students come to my classroom with a big vocabulary. I know they learned this from their parents and it always impressed me. I once had a student tell me about photosynthesis... at two!

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I used to have a student who would never participate in circle time with class. At the time I was very mad and would always try to get her to join. Now looking back, I wish I wasn't so pushy trying to get her to do what I wanted her to do, instead allowing her to make that choice.

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After reading this chapter, I have definitely learned to be more flexible and allow students to make more choices. I had a boy who was always the last one to leave the lunch table. Now I will allow the student the time they need to finish eating.

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After reading this last chapter, I believe it is so important to teach in a way that caters to each child's need. This last chapter was so impactful and gave us all the resources to be great teachers and now we have to use them! We have to be the example.