Pre-kindergarten

Thinking back on my education, I’m so blessed to have the background I do. Aside from preschool and kindergarten, homeschooling has been the basis for my learning experience. Beginning in first grade and continuing all the way through eighth grade, I would consider the schooling I had to fall under the Middle Class teaching style with an occasional affluent aspect here and there. I then began my high school years in a much more Affluent Professional and Executive Elite based schooling though a…

For its reputation as the “land of opportunity,” America has made the path to finding that opportunity remarkably unclear for its immigrant populations. Most Americans would agree that some level of education is necessary for success or eminence, with higher education usually leading to more career opportunities and connections. However, state and federal policies concerning benefits have historically made education difficult to access for undocumented immigrants. Some argue that the United…

Prenatal Development The day I found out that I was pregnant was a day of unmatchable joy for both my husband and I. Our joy was continued throughout the pregnancy until the doctor had offered us possible test to see if the baby had any problems. I didn’t want to know until the baby was born, but my husband insisted. The doctor conducted a maternal blood screening, as well as a noninvasive prenatal diagnosis (Santrock 2014, pg. 52). The tests came back positive for Down syndrome. At that point…

Affordable Childcare for Single Parent Households Childcare has turned into an important factor in the lives of working parents and is always showing signs of change and developing society. The typical cost for basic childcare in America has expanded, and society has adjusted; working moms have joined the workforce, and double income families are important to hold a nice way of life. Subsequently, there is an interest for quality childcare. By putting a child into a childcare program, there are…

Helping children understand routines and classroom schedule are very important as it helps the child feels safe and secure because they know what will happen next in both a routine and with a classroom schedule. Classroom schedules and routines also help the teacher build a relationship with the student, helps them when planning and also helps with child guidance. Research indicates that the structure of the classroom environment, paired with planned instruction, supports the development of…

Every working family in America knows how hard it is today to find affordable care. Daycare reform has helped this by making the government give the childcare agencies more monies and helping the parents go back to work instead of staying at home also, it has helped with kids and their education. When the first daycare was established it was made for the working mothers that had to take low income jobs and it was too hazardous to take their kids in. instead of the government paying for daycare…

For my second service learning experience, I decided to offer my services to Open House Nursey School, located in 318 Warren Street, Brooklyn, NY. I decided to come around 9 am, so I could have enough time to spend with the children. Before all the children have lunch and nap time around 12 pm to 1pm as Eileen told me over the phone. On my way to the Nursey School, I was quite nervous about how everything is going to turn out because I never been to a preschool with so many kids in one room and…

I have loved reading books as long as I can remember. As a toddler, I spent hours quietly looking through books by myself. My mom also read to me and my sister often, probably every day. I remember starting to read on my own around age five. Reading was one of my favorite things to do in my free time. My mother read to me and my sister regularly until we were in our early teens. Before bedtime we would curl up in bed with her as she read. It was something I looked forward to every night, a time…

education, my only teaching opportunity that I have had teaching in an inclusive classroom was during my early childhood practicum. I was placed at HCA in a pre-preschool room. In this classroom, I typically had more students with special needs and less general education student just because the general education students had to pay tuition to go to the pre-preschool class. In the morning class, I had two to three general education students with six students with special needs. In the afternoon…

not love going but I did find a passion for education at a lower level. I have spent almost every day in a kindergarten classroom for the past two years and I have learned more about the importance of education than I did actually in school. There is a reason we sit through school for thirteen years and it is to find our purpose in life that God intended. For me it was to become a kindergarten teacher and now that I know that I do not think school is pointless. However, I do find calculus to be…