Preschool Observation Report

After visiting two local preschools in Strasburg Virginia, I have noticed that children’s education is the main focus, but that can be presented to the children in many ways. The first preschool that I observed at was Pollywog Place on September 26. Pollywog Place is located in Strasburg VA and holds 74 children aging from 6 weeks to 5 years old. Of course with as many children as there are, there is a lot of staff members (21). Pollywog is a state licensed public daycare/preschool facility. At Pollywog, I was lucky enough to be able to spend time watching how all of the classes were taught. To begin the day, the teachers went over the daily schedule with the children. Then the classes stood up and began singing and dancing to get their jiggles out …show more content…
They both taught me a lot of new things to keep in mind while I continue to practice my education. They both had many similarities but also many differences. Grasshopper green is licensed to deal with children with special needs, but Pollywog isn’t. Pollywog is a daycare/preschool, allowing the children to spend all day with them, Grasshopper green is NOT a daycare, just preschool. Even though the facilities are very different, the teachers all had the same aspect of teaching. They realize to get to a child’s brain, you have to have fun while learning. You should never be too strict on a child when it comes to structured learning because it may make them reject learning all together. Both preschools used songs, dances, and games for a successful learning process. I really enjoyed this project. I can’t get over how excited I am to be able to apply all of the things I have learned to my own daycare/preschool one day. It has been very helpful. Even though I thought I was pretty educated, there is always room to learn more! Thank you professor, for helping me learn and urging me to go observe so I could see how different things really were in different