Melissa Neagos
Tasha Candela Career Field Experience November 30, 2016 Wee Love Daycare and Learning You may learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. ~Franklin P. Jones. This quote relates to my placement because working with children and baby you need to have patients with them. When they do something and do not understand why they are getting into trouble you need to have patience with them. In my Career Field Experience class, I was required to be there for the kids and have patience with them when they were crying and hurt or when they needed someone to talk to when they act up and want their mommy. In my opinion Career Field Experience is a unique class because it gave me an opportunity to know that in the future I would be delighted to work with children and to be working with children now. For thirteen weeks, I have been going to Wee Love Daycare and helping out with the nursery and they children there. It was possibly the best experience I could have had. While reflecting on my overall learning experience in this class, I will outline the three employability skills of Responsibility, Problem solving, Positive attitude and how I have grown as a professional. Responsibility relates to my experience because when I was working with little children I needed to be responsible to watch and take care of those children. Their parents gave me the responsibility to take care of those kids well they were at work. I needed to do everything in my power to make sure everything was great. I was responsible with then they ate snack and when they needed to have something to drink to be hydrated. I was on time everyday took the time out of my day to stay later to make sure everything was in check and nothing else needed to be done because that is my responsibility. Problem solving is a very important aspect in the daycare. This is important because as anyone may know children like to make problems and like to fight about little things like someone making a face at them. I problem solve with my kids everyday, they like to argue about when there are only three swings and all of them want to swing and some of the kids get so upset that they cry. We tell the kids that they need to ask politely if they are allowed to have the swing when the other kids are done with it so everyone has a turn. When a little kid throws something and it accidently hits one of the other kids, the one kid who got hit says that the other kid got hit intentionally, when in reality it was on accident. We tell the one who threw the toy that it's not nice to hurt our friends and when you throw something it always ends up somewhere and this time it hit your friend and that's not nice. Having a positive attitude at the daycare you needed. Being around kids all day you need to stay positive even if it's not a good day for you. You always need a happy go lucky attitude with the kids. Being a teacher at Wee Love I understood that even when you are annoyed with the kids you need to stay positive for them they are getting older and older everyday. You don't want them to look back and say oh my goodness my teacher used to never be a happy person when you want them to have the best time of their lives. And having a positive attitude goes a long way. Attendance and work ethic are my best skills. I have always been on time and me working with the kids are great. But i do understand why my weakness are what they are. I need to work on them and as I further my experience not in career field but as I work there now I will make sure to improve my weakness to strengths. One of my weaknesses was oral communication. I know this for a fact that when I am nervous and trying to say something I stumble on my works and it takes me awhile to get something out. I have always struggled to talk to people. But I am willing to try my best as speaking as clear as possible and in a slower manner than I normally would. This class changed me as a person by making me see on how kids minds work and how I should be as patient with them as much as possible. The moment I will never forget will be when I told Adrianna that I was leaving for a little while and she got upset. She hugged me and played with me for the rest of the day. I will never forget that little girl and me reading books to her and her wanting to sit on my lap and say “Ms. Melissa you are the best teacher ever” melted my heart. I would recommend this experience to someone who needed to know if they wanted to do one thing or another thing. This would help with tremendously on what they would want to do further in the future. My next steps are to continuing at the daycare with the kids and going to college to be a child psychologist. Other than that whatever happens next happens and it everything happens for a reason right?
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This week was just a little bit hectic at the daycare. Everyone was running around trying to plan everything that needs to be done for next week. The kids are having a Thanksgiving parade for their school. Plus there will be food and everything. Little miss A was so sad to hear that I am leaving for a little bit till I come back and actually work there. I told her not to worry and that I would be back. She would not leave my side pretty much the whole time I was there until her aunt came and picked her up. I am going to miss that little one till I go back. I found so many quotes that relate to me working at a daycare. I was laughing so hard at most of them because of how true they are. I couldn't just pick one so I picked my top three for you!(: Have you ever just sat there as a little kid is talking to you and have no clue what they are saying so you have to try and figure it out in your head and you are completely lost? Because that is me ever single day I see those kids. I love when the kids have nap time it is so quiet and peaceful. But then when you look at the time and see that they are about to get up so you have to mentally prepare for crabby kids because they don't want you to wake them up? Because my kids cry and say they want there mommy.
This week we barely had any kids when I first got into the four year old room we only had six kids by the time we went to go outside we only had three kids. I do not think I have ever heard them so quiet. It was really peaceful especially because when I was in the nursery all of the babies were crying. It makes me stressed to see and hear that literally ever single baby was crying all eleven of them. It was a very stressful day. I am telling you every time one baby cries all of them have to cry. Driving me crazy! But I would not trade those kids for anyone else.
And this is my lovely positive sticky note from the person who used to be my teacher who I now work with, Mrs. JoLynne. This week I told my little ones that I would be working there full time and they got excited. We moved little A to the other four year old room to see if she would do better in there which she is but I miss her in my room. I always have to go in the other room and wake her up and when I go to wake her up she looks at me smiles and tells me that she missed me so much. It is the cutest thing ever. Little A will only wake up if she knows i'm going to be there that day and if i wake her up. Also little A got into quite a mess when the kids were outside playing. C told A to roll in the grass (which was all muddy) she did it anyway not knowing better and got mud everywhere. I had to take her inside and go clean her up. She was not a happy camper after that. This whole week has been ups and downs with the little ones. |
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