My second observation at Rose Rock School commenced at 8:10 a.m. on Tuesday morning, I was let in through the front door and as I entered the room, I noticed that Shanah and another caregiver were in the room. Some of the older children were already in the room and one girl was in the rocking chair as she was tired. When I sat down in the small inner part of the room, I noticed that the 1 ½ year old child was playing on toy pony that was blue. After the children went outside in the playarea, I interviewed the director of the program. Throughout this paper, I will talk about what I observered in my second observation and what I learned from my interview with the director.
Our textbook was extremely helpful on how a mixed-age group room should …show more content…
Since, my second observation was more than two hours long, I was able to see the interaction between the older children and the younger children while they were outside. For instance, in my second observation, I was able to observe an older child pulling a red wagon with a younger child in the wagon. There were two instances where I observered the interaction between caregiver-child. The first instance was during was when the older children and Josie were playing with play dough and the nine month old child crawled into the room and Josie put his hand on the baby’s head and was pushing his hand on the child head. The caregiver saw this and stopped him by saying not so hard and then taking the infant into the next room. The second instance was during the second part of my visit, when I was interviewing the director outside and one of the younger children came up and said that the older girl had hit him. The older girl explained they were playing and she accidentally hit him and the caregiver explained this to the younger
Our textbook was extremely helpful on how a mixed-age group room should …show more content…
Since, my second observation was more than two hours long, I was able to see the interaction between the older children and the younger children while they were outside. For instance, in my second observation, I was able to observe an older child pulling a red wagon with a younger child in the wagon. There were two instances where I observered the interaction between caregiver-child. The first instance was during was when the older children and Josie were playing with play dough and the nine month old child crawled into the room and Josie put his hand on the baby’s head and was pushing his hand on the child head. The caregiver saw this and stopped him by saying not so hard and then taking the infant into the next room. The second instance was during the second part of my visit, when I was interviewing the director outside and one of the younger children came up and said that the older girl had hit him. The older girl explained they were playing and she accidentally hit him and the caregiver explained this to the younger