Pre-kindergarten

realized that I’m not a child anymore, physically or mentally. I was in the predicament of actually helping real children. About two summers ago I began my volunteer service as a peer tutor, at a learning center, assisting with children ranging from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade. On my first day of work I had no idea what to expect. I had gone through formal training to work with children and learned that each child is unique in their own way but I just didn’t know what lied ahead. Myself…

To the Webster dictionary the noun anomaly defines as, “something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected”. In the entirety of my early educational career I have fluctuated between both sides of the deviation chart. When someone like me does not fit into a standard, I unintentionally created a dilemma for many of my previous teachers, parents as well as setting a personal goal for myself. Even though I had this problem, I had a drive to always help people in so matter or way.…

The chapter describes Briana as a 4-year old girl who has a very high level of initiative and is very energetic. Briana also exhibits the qualities a good attention span. Decision making and a sense of autonomy. She displays guilt where she feels her actions are not morally correct. She is seen to be very imaginative as well. She is clearly a child who enjoys plays of all sorts which is a necessary for children in her age group. Briana’s high level of initiative is recognized and appreciated…

Raising Healthy Kids will use a convenience sample of pre-school and kindergarten children between 3 to 5years from 3 private schools in the Accra Metropolitan area, Ghana. The program will use a three stage process to recruit participating schools that will receive program interventions. In the first stage of the process we will identify all privates school in Accra that has an early childhood development center. When this is done we will mail a package that consists of an application and…

I am currently pursuing a degree in Human Development and Family Science with an option in Early Childhood Education as well as a minor in Spanish at Oklahoma State University. My wish is to teach Pre-k or Kindergarten. I hope to obtain skills that will help me to become a better communicator while maintaining patience, and work on classroom management. The number one key to becoming an excellent educator is learning how to communicate with people. Ways that I can carry out my goal of having an…

brother to me. We had a very close relationship. If I were to let my mom tell it, we were inseparable. Just as quickly as our friendship began, it ended. Although I was only three years old, I still remember it as if it were yesterday. We met in pre-kindergarten at the YWCA. We became best friends instantly, and from that day forward we would always remain best friends, no matter what. His name was Shaquille, the best person to ever get in trouble with. We considered ourselves to be…

most intriguing was introduced by the German philosopher and psychologist Karl Gross. He was responsible for developing a theory of play that rivaled that of early philosophers even those as far back as Aristotle, when he introduced the Practice or Pre-exercise theory. Gross’s theory of play is considered a rebuttal by many to the ideals of another classical theory of play The Surplus Energy Theory that was theory made famous by German philosopher and historian Friedrich Schiller and later…

Imagine growing up having a disability, but people don’t know the whole story behind it. There was this girl, and she became deaf as a baby. She was carried in her mom’s stomach while she had chicken pox. The mother then gave her child Pneumothorax in both lungs, when she was eight years old. The baby had to go through a severe process in the hospital for fifty nine days straight. The process included having chest tubes in the lungs, and medicine to paralyze her body, so she could not breathe…

The written requirements are as follows: Teacher’s Name: Yanelis Fernandez Grade Level: Pre-kindergarten Title/Author: Trashy Town Andrea Zimmerman Brief Summary of Text: The story Trashy Town involves a trash man named Mr. Gilly who goes around a Trashy Town to pick up Trash. The story shows how Mr. Gilly proudly visit different places Mr. Gilly such as a school, park, fire station and other places to collect the trash. After Mr. Gilly picks up the trash, he states a rhyme. The story does not…

Journal 1: The Beginning I am Katherine Forness, but everyone calls me Kate for short. I am an undergraduate sophomore here at Indiana State University. I am a Health Science major with a dual concentration in both health administration and public health. I am minoring in business administration. I am also enrolled in the honors program. I am a daughter and a sister. I come from a pretty “traditional” Catholic family. I have two supportive parents. Unfortunately, they are currently going…