Classroom Observation Paper

Over winter break, I had the opportunity to work as a substitute preschool teacher at the Jewish Community Center of Columbus Ohio. I was placed in the Turtle Room, the classroom for two to three year olds. Since a large part of the student population is Jewish, the preschool cafeteria only provided Kosher foods. I distinctly remember one day talking to the lead teacher in the classroom, Amanda about how one little boy, Henry would never eat his lunch or snacks. Henry would stick to only the foods that he knew like mandarin oranges or carrots and that was all he would eat. After observing Henry and his eating habits for a few days, I started to recognize a trend among the children in the class. Many would only eat the foods that they knew and throw out the rest of the meal. I understand that since many of the children in this particular classroom did not keep Kosher, that some of …show more content…
My lunch was always packed at the same exact time as those of my siblings, meaning on a daily basis, we had the exact same lunches. My mom went back to work when my little brother went into kindergarten, meaning she did not always have a lot of time to pack our lunches during the day. When ever she had to go away or go to work early, my dad would be in charge of our lunches, meaning we would buy lunches on those days because of my dads inability to cook. My lunch usually consisted of some kind of sandwich or yogurt, a fruit or vegetable, a snack food like goldfish or pretzels and one time a week, a desert. I would usually eat the sandwich and the snack like food, but the fruits and vegetables would kind of depend on what they were. I think the really big turning point in me eating all of my lunch was around the second or third grade when I started to get a say in what I wanted to eat. I think this really helped waste less because I was given the opportunity to express my likes and