My Observation Of Children In The Classroom

On the log dated, 11/3/16 I observed the teacher and the ways she accommodated the special needs children in her class. The lesson this day was teaching the children hand-eye-coordination by catching a ball thrown at them. She began the lesson by talking about a ball and what it does: bounce and roll. Afterward, she showed the children the two balls that she was going to use to play catch with them. One was a large textured ball and the other was a small soft basketball. She then proceeded and asked the children if they have ever played catch at home. After the children answered she asked for a volunteer to show the children how to catch a ball. She chose a five-year-old boy to come up and demonstrate how to catch. I think she chose him because …show more content…
The teacher had boards in the classroom that were dedicated to parent and community communication. While in the classroom, I was able to observe her parent board. On the board, it had the weekly lesson plan, the monthly meal menu, a good or bad weather poster, the monthly classroom newsletter, the monthly event calendar, and a Head Start event calendar. The teacher also had a community board but it was outside of the classroom. On that board, it had various free events going on in Philadelphia, farmer’s market information, thanksgiving information, clothing, and shoe drive information, and voting registration information. The teacher is very good with parent communication but it is installed in Head Start that family participation is key to academic success. Therefore each class is assigned a family advocate in which their job is to bridge the gap between teacher and parent. The advocate gives parents resources that help them work together cohesively to ensure their child will have an optimal learning experience by participating in engagement activities like volunteering or monthly meetings. When parent and family engagement activities are deep-rooted and integrated across the program. The program involves many aspects of family engagement. When the desired outcomes are achieved, large parent participation, it results in children who are healthy and ready for school. Parent and family engagement activities are based on positive, ongoing, and goal-oriented relationships with families. Parents and teachers can provide each other with unique intuition and different perspectives about the same child, resulting in a more of a complete understanding of that child, and his/her abilities, strengths, and difficulties. The teacher already knows about the curriculum and the school culture and the parent knows more about the child 's personality, tendencies, and family life. The goal is