The most challenging for me was trying to be calm when children are crying or not listening. Another thing that was challenging for me was meeting new people (ECE workers who are working at daycare). I also had struggles trying to sing and read a book in front of people who I’m not comfortable with like just meeting them.

The challenge i have experienced was when the children are not listening to the teacher and ece team. And when the children are angry at each other.

• Being around infants

• Meeting new people (some) LOL

Being around infants (6m-1y) made me feel like I was melting, it made me remember the fast months where my panik was that age. And meeting some new people made me feel good about myself, a few people I met taught me how they use himama app and how they plan their schedule.

My most challenging experience

• Introducing myself (repeatedly)

• Cutting down on cigarettes and snacks

• Talking to ECE staff at TBDC

Having to introduce myself everyday was challenging for me. I had to rethink ‘how will I introduce myself tomorrow?’ Especially with my broken English, introducing myself to real qallunaaqs was so challenging.

Cutting down on cigarettes and snacks was also challenging, I am a heavy smoker and I snack around a lot. (This may not be accepted on this pallet but I wanted to mention) Being around infants, toddlers, and children, I had to learn to be calm using different techniques instead of going out for smoke or having snacks because I was around children.

Some staff at TBDC were hard to communicate with, I think that is why I found it challenging.

In my experience I was mostly with the toddlers and infant and was fun to watch the infant and the toddlers of what they know about and teaching them was also fun. They are smart little children.

The challenging part for me was when i first went to the Practicum and I was in the infant room and the few children were just crying as meeting new people as I know some babies tend to cry and I just wanted to calm the baby and be playful with the child but they were just crying and after the snack time they got comfortable and that made my morning.

The most challenging i have experienced is waiting for the end of the day to come, most days are so long but we have to learn how to be patience with ourselves and other people around us especially the kids so they can know that everything happens for a reason.

Infants and toddler (6m-1y)you can see crawling and walking some toddlers were wobbly and it was adorable to watch. One infant was crawling and would let us hold his arms and he wanted to learn how to walk.

What was the most challenging?

I’d say communicate with the staff because i am very shy person.