Hello darlings!
How are we all today? I'm pretty good if you're asking which you're probably not.
Today was my last day of Work Experience which is I guess a bittersweet kind of thing. Bitter because I have to leave all the lovely kids and sweet because I've gained so much from the experience. Seriously, I would happily just work there for another week or forever. It's such a lovely job, I think it really is an underrated job. Most people think that working with young children is all fun and games but what do you do when the kids aren't happy and don't want to get a long? You have to keep using different strategies to get them to listen to you without ever losing your patience and using a clear, firm tone and you have to explain to them properly in words they understand. I spent at least 20 minutes trying to convince a boy to wheel his bike to the shed because it was pack-up time. I tried absolutely everything; I asked him if he wanted to go home and he said no, I asked him if he wanted to see his mummy and daddy and to do that he had to put away his bike and he said no, he kept repeating "I want to ride it." Finally, another kid said "Do you want to come to my house?" and he actually said "Yes" and put his bike away. So, I think that little boy could be a potential kindergarten teacher.
I had such a fantastic day today, there are so many memories that I'll always remember until when I'm 80. There was a boy today who sang the Hi-5 theme song with me and every time the word 'Hi-5' came on, he would Hi-5 me. He then proceeded to sing "Ready or Not" with me as we were completing a 123 piece puzzle. There was a little boy who learnt how to swing on the swing himself and he didn't even know it. I was actually only pretending to push him because if he went any higher, he would hurt himself. There was another little boy whose patience levels increased throughout the week. When I met him on Tuesday, he would fight over the toys and wouldn't share, when I was playing with him today, he was waiting for his turn oh so patiently and it almost made me cry happy tears. So in summary: I love kids. They're all so clever and they don't even know it. I mean, these kids were doing 123 piece puzzles, I could not manage that shit when I was four.
I just finished all their thank you/I'll always remember letters to each kid and I'm going to mail it to them because there was this boy who checks the mail box every day and I think he'll enjoy mail actually getting addressed to him. :)
Welp, it's Doomsday tomorrow. Ughh. Haven't even touched my piano exam songs and I'm only halfway through the script of my Vietnamese oral tomorrow. Oh well.
Good bye deary pies! Love you! :D
MAARY.
Showing posts with label i wanna be a kindergarten teacher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label i wanna be a kindergarten teacher. Show all posts
Friday, June 15, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
KINDER KINDER
Allo lovely lovely readers!
So, as you know, this week I am doing Work Experience at a Kinder. IT IS SO FANTASTICALLY REWARDING AND WONDERFUL AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE WHAT I END UP DOING IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT'S JUST SUCH A LOVELY ATMOSPHERE AND I JUST LOVE EVERY KID THERE AND I HAVE SUCH A STRONG ATTACHMENT TO THE KIDS AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE AND I'D HAPPILY WORK THERE FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. Yeah, so in other words: I'm enjoying my Work Experience Placement very very very much.
I know I was supposed to blog about all this on Tuesday which was my first day of Kinder but MOTHER was watching her Asian dramas as per usual and Tim was using the laptop to study for his exams and as I keep mentioning, FATHER hogs the iPad. In summary, I just like typing on a keyboard more than a phone. If I had blogged on Tuesday I probably would have felt the same way I do now.
Every single kid is so special and I've grown such a deep attachment to them all. In fact, if you wanted me to list out the names of all the children and one thing that I remember. I could easily do it. Now I know you think that means around 20 something names but actually it's not. The kindergarten operates on a sessional system in that there are groups which come on different days at different times. Today was the last time I would see Yellow and Red group and when they were all saying goodbye I was seriously just going to bawl my eyes out. Today was the first time I met Red group because they usually come on Mondays and Thursdays but Monday was the Queen's birthday which means I only met them today. Two kids from the red group (I had played with for 3 hours only) came up to me and gave me a hug goodbye when they were leaving. :') A little Asian boy from Yellow group gave me a drawing he did. Another little boy gave me the treasure (a rock) he found in the sandpit. I was so overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness, I mean what teenager goes up to a teacher/student teacher and hugs them goodbye? I JUST LOVE KIDS SO MUCH. I LOVE THEM ALL. THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT.
So there are a couple of behavioural disorders in the kids at the Kindergarten and it was really awesome to learn how to calm them down and keep them comfortable and be able to make them smile and laugh. I read SEVEN different books to a little boy today, he was almost going to make me read eight but I said that he needed to eat his banana first because I was almost out of breath. He was such a smart boy. There were a couple kids that followed me around and I almost cried when they would call me by my name. There were a couple kids who wanted to sit on/next to me during mat time. There was a kid who asked me if I was replacing a teacher who they had next week and I was so flattered because if they considered me professional enough to be an actual teacher I must have been doing something right.
I also met the teachers of the Kindergarten and they're all really lovely and kind and got along with children so well. The substitute teacher I met on Tuesday was so chill with everything, she even swore in front of me and didn't find it weird which means she regarded me on a sort of equal level. The whole boss of the place is such a professional woman, she really loves what she does, she puts so much effort and hard work into everything she does and is always trying to find ways to improve. She's seriously just an amazing teacher. Another woman had the best decorating skills in the world. She made this little jungle like sand pit thing and when I asked if she had ever considered interior design as a career option, she laughed at me. Another woman was really just lovely, she always played with the kids and didn't act too adulty. She'd play soccer with them and she'd run around and take photos. It was just really nice. There was also a woman who came from an agency who I met yesterday and she just got along really well with the kids and she was really welcoming and lovely. I also met a guy today who would usually work on Mondays and Thursdays and he was really nice and he was such a good role model for the kids.
So now I think I'm going to work on a thank you letter/poem to all the kids and the teachers and I'll probably have to wake up early and get them some presents or something.
In summary, I LOVE WORK EXPERIENCE SO FAR.
I might blog some more later to make up for lost time. Love you sweethearts! :) ♥
MAARY.
P.S If you were wondering about the title, pronounce it as 'kine-duh kinn-duh" geddit?
So, as you know, this week I am doing Work Experience at a Kinder. IT IS SO FANTASTICALLY REWARDING AND WONDERFUL AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE WHAT I END UP DOING IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT'S JUST SUCH A LOVELY ATMOSPHERE AND I JUST LOVE EVERY KID THERE AND I HAVE SUCH A STRONG ATTACHMENT TO THE KIDS AND I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE AND I'D HAPPILY WORK THERE FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. Yeah, so in other words: I'm enjoying my Work Experience Placement very very very much.
I know I was supposed to blog about all this on Tuesday which was my first day of Kinder but MOTHER was watching her Asian dramas as per usual and Tim was using the laptop to study for his exams and as I keep mentioning, FATHER hogs the iPad. In summary, I just like typing on a keyboard more than a phone. If I had blogged on Tuesday I probably would have felt the same way I do now.
Every single kid is so special and I've grown such a deep attachment to them all. In fact, if you wanted me to list out the names of all the children and one thing that I remember. I could easily do it. Now I know you think that means around 20 something names but actually it's not. The kindergarten operates on a sessional system in that there are groups which come on different days at different times. Today was the last time I would see Yellow and Red group and when they were all saying goodbye I was seriously just going to bawl my eyes out. Today was the first time I met Red group because they usually come on Mondays and Thursdays but Monday was the Queen's birthday which means I only met them today. Two kids from the red group (I had played with for 3 hours only) came up to me and gave me a hug goodbye when they were leaving. :') A little Asian boy from Yellow group gave me a drawing he did. Another little boy gave me the treasure (a rock) he found in the sandpit. I was so overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness, I mean what teenager goes up to a teacher/student teacher and hugs them goodbye? I JUST LOVE KIDS SO MUCH. I LOVE THEM ALL. THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT.
So there are a couple of behavioural disorders in the kids at the Kindergarten and it was really awesome to learn how to calm them down and keep them comfortable and be able to make them smile and laugh. I read SEVEN different books to a little boy today, he was almost going to make me read eight but I said that he needed to eat his banana first because I was almost out of breath. He was such a smart boy. There were a couple kids that followed me around and I almost cried when they would call me by my name. There were a couple kids who wanted to sit on/next to me during mat time. There was a kid who asked me if I was replacing a teacher who they had next week and I was so flattered because if they considered me professional enough to be an actual teacher I must have been doing something right.
I also met the teachers of the Kindergarten and they're all really lovely and kind and got along with children so well. The substitute teacher I met on Tuesday was so chill with everything, she even swore in front of me and didn't find it weird which means she regarded me on a sort of equal level. The whole boss of the place is such a professional woman, she really loves what she does, she puts so much effort and hard work into everything she does and is always trying to find ways to improve. She's seriously just an amazing teacher. Another woman had the best decorating skills in the world. She made this little jungle like sand pit thing and when I asked if she had ever considered interior design as a career option, she laughed at me. Another woman was really just lovely, she always played with the kids and didn't act too adulty. She'd play soccer with them and she'd run around and take photos. It was just really nice. There was also a woman who came from an agency who I met yesterday and she just got along really well with the kids and she was really welcoming and lovely. I also met a guy today who would usually work on Mondays and Thursdays and he was really nice and he was such a good role model for the kids.
So now I think I'm going to work on a thank you letter/poem to all the kids and the teachers and I'll probably have to wake up early and get them some presents or something.
In summary, I LOVE WORK EXPERIENCE SO FAR.
I might blog some more later to make up for lost time. Love you sweethearts! :) ♥
MAARY.
P.S If you were wondering about the title, pronounce it as 'kine-duh kinn-duh" geddit?
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