Essay On Child Tracking

Through the duration of my time tracking that occurred at planet kids preschool in modesto california. The main strengths that I noticed during my visit were that the environment was very accessible to all the kids. It had great variety in the activities that were presented to the children such as painting,reading,writing and toys to play with that correlated extremely well according to the curriculum the instructor is obligated to follow. The relationships between the students and teachers were very healthy, I didn 't notice any problem children or any sort of power struggle over all a very obedient class. Some weaknesses that stood out to me were that although the environment was good it was a little too redundant. I feel like the instructor should try to surprise the kids more at this early stage in their development instead of giving them a routine because In my opinion i feel like the ability to develop a routine is very important rather than having a set one besides the obvious ones needed at their age for example …show more content…
According to my time tracking quilt the kids a majority of the time wanted to be on the swings or be involved in any sort of free play, but the swings were the most popular choice among the five children that I observed. The swings were the most attractive and snack time was the least attractive although it was mandatory for the kids to have snack time they did not enjoy it. All the other activities in free play were spread out evenly for the most part. I also enjoyed that the concept of turn taking was in well effect when the kids were in free play. They would usually ask for things and if they didn 't they would be put into a scenario where the child would have to ask for the object that he wanted instead of taking it. I thought that was great way of reinforcing the turn taking and sharing concepts that are essential to our everyday