Language Reflective Essay

In this running record about M, I really tried to focus in on the way he was talking to those around him while doing what he was doing. Through me watching M interact with everyone around him, and I saw how at times M can become frustrated with what is going on. He lets out these frustrations by throwing or hitting things, instead of just using his words to ask for what he wants. Expect for when M asked the teacher “What am I suppose to do?” when talking about the animal sewing activity. The teacher then proceded to show M how to do this activity, and then M went on to doing what she showed him. This goes along with the idea of “Increasing capacity to use language in thought is a key development of the preschool period and enables children …show more content…
I have realized that children all learn these skills at different levels through their growth in and out of school. I have seen first hand children using their communication skills within a classroom, to an extent that I never knew was possible. These preschoolers communicate with each other at a level that I never thought children of their age could communicate at. They talk to each other in that same way that adults communicate to each other on a daily basis, which still blows my mind to this day. I do not know why I am so shocked as to how well children can communicate their words and feelings to everyone around …show more content…
I need to learn how to talk to children on a level that they understand, so that they can communcate what they feel back to me. I want to be able to teach children how to use their words in the right way, and how to stregthen their minds by doing so. I have a lot of questions about how to go about getting children to communicat properely? Along with learning how to understand how children communicate by the actions that they do in the classroom? I just hope that I can take this information that I have learned through this observation and use it in the