During this week's observation I was a lot more relaxed then the first week. I am starting to recognize the students before they put their name tags on. This week there were some new faces. The start of my observation not to many students are present at 8 in the morning. The early arrivals are signed in, greeted by their teacher(s), and then head to the back of the class to wash their hands. The thing that always seems to surprise me is how much energy the children have in the morning. They go staright into play mode and where still able to focus their attention on the whole classroom (they were able to call out that a certain friend had arrived and greeted them).
One of the activities I observed were two three year old male students playing with large stuffed animals that were the same size of them on a large rug in the literacy area. Student one had a dog and studnet two had a turtle. They had the stuffed animals in both hands and were trying to carry them around in a circle. They walked around in the enclosed area for a couple of minutes then they stopped still holding the animals in the names. Student one asks student two "Wanna hold the puppy student two?" Student two doesn't reply with a verbal answer, he walks over to the book shelf and places the turtle down to get a book. He opens the book with his right hand while holding the book with the left. Student one walks over to student two and asks "What are we gonna do with the puppy?" as he places it on the floor. Student two then jumps on the back of the puppy into a sitting position. Student two states that " the puppy is going to be my car and take me all over the world." He grabs the back of the toys neck area and begins to bounce up and down while he makes a roaring engine sound. Student one looks on and begins to laugh. Then he states "I am going too." He sits behind student two on the stuffed animal and says "let's go". They extend both their hands out to the side and start to make whistling sounds with their mouths.
The developmentals skills the childen employed included balance and control in their motor skills, their speech consist of extensive conversations (ability to not only ask questions but answer them as well), and increased vocubalry, and ability to share and take turns (social awareness).
