Pre-K Classroom Observation

My observation was done on a Pre-K class room at a local Kinder Care Learning Center around 4:30pm in the afternoon. During this time the teachers are preparing the children to leave for the day. The class room was set up to show that the kids were preparing for regular school and not just spending their entire day napping and singing songs. The room had about 6 windows that allowed a lot of natural light, there were 2 square tables with at least 6 little chairs at each table, and a small round blue table. The room was filled with book shelves, cabinets with pictures of the children on the cabinet doors; each child had a cubby with their name and a picture of them displayed on the front of it. There was a section in the room designated for circle time reading with words on post cards stuck on the walls. The class room seemed a little crowded with other shelves that included costumes for playing dress up, bins filled with toys and a stack of cots for sleeping/naptime. There were also recently done art work from the children hanging on a string to dry. …show more content…
Only 1 teacher sitting at the table one of the square tables. All of the children in the room were between the ages of 4-6 years old. As I observed the room and the children for a while, I noticed that the girls were a lot calmer and played independently and sometimes together without any fuss. They played at a table with puzzle and crayons, drawing pictures and showing it to their teacher. They did not mind that I was in the class room and continued with their activities as usual. Only one girl came by my table for a second and quickly went back to what she was doing. The teacher was sitting at the table with the girls helping them with their puzzle while monitoring the other kids in the