1) When I arrived at
the Lydia home I started working right away. When I started working it was
snack time from 3:30-4:00. I helped
handing out juice and napkins to all the kids.
Once snack time was over I got assigned to work with a boy named
Logan. He had no homework to do so we
sat down and Logan read me a book about a little bear and his friends wanting
to go swimming. Logan is in kindergarten
and he is a pretty good reader for his age.
He was having a little trouble with some words but I was right there to
help him with the reading. I could tell
he was a little nervous with me but later on in the day he was getting more
comfortable with me. After reading was
done it was play time. They got 30
minutes to play until the end of the day.
So from 5:00-5:30 I played pool with a little boy named Davonte. While playing pool with Davonte I soon had
four other kids playing with me. The
first time I went to the Lydia home it was a lot of fun and it was great
working with the kids. Working here for
the next 12 hours will be a lot of fun.
Every time I go there the kids always say hello to me and I can tell
they are more comfortable with me.
2) When coming into
the Lydia home I wanted to learn how to communicate with children. I already was good with kids but with the
major I am going into it will help me a lot if I am able to work and
communicate with adults and children.
Communicating with children is a lot different than communicating with
adults. Logan was very shy with me at
first because I was a stranger. That is
very normal for kids because I am a new person to them which they have no clue who
I am and it could appear scary to them.
While working with Logan he eventually got more comfortable with
me. I also always knew that children
have a very short attention span. Children
don't always pay attention or don't want to do work that they don't want to
do. During the day Logan progressively
was getting more and more off task. I
kept telling Logan that he needs to stay focused to get his work done so he can
play later in the day. I knew I could
not yell at Logan because he is a kid and that is how they act. All I kept doing was telling him that if this
work is not done he cannot play at 5:00.
I was learning more ways to communicate with the kids and they were
getting more work done.
3) Since I have been
working at the Lydia home I have figures out many ways to communicate with children. I have only worked there two days and I can
already tell it is a lot different talking to the kids then it is with
adults. I have learned that if you
become friends with the kids but still show that you are in control the kids
will get a lot more done. I always told
the kids that if the work is not done then they will not be able to play games
with me and they got really focused and got there work done. Working with kids is a lot different but also
have some similarities with adults. I still have many things to learn while
working with children and will use them in the future.
