In today's working society, parents need to rely on quality daycare for their children. However, finding a daycare that will strive to nurture each child's unique qualities and create a work environment that encourages professionalism, growth, and diversity can be stressful for a parent because of the realization of how important this decision may be.
A daycare teacher must focus on many different areas to provide a developmentally appropriate curriculum for young children. As a teacher in a toddler room, my girlfriend Christine needs to communicate to her peers, children and parents on a daily basis both verbally and non-verbally.
As I entered the room, early this morning, I noticed five children, each of them doing his or her individual thing. About 70 percent of children, at this toddler age, have a vocabulary consisting of 50 to 250 words (Ginny Graves, 2003); however, only one of them spoke when I entered the room.
A toddler girl crying
baby while making his first steps
p03-uncle_street-taw-christine_gallowayOnce the two females of the room noticed me, they immediately stopped what they were doing and looked at me in a disapproving way. One of the females hid behind the shelf, exposing only her part of her face, while the other turned her back to me to continue playing in the "dramatic play" sand box. As for the three boys, they seemed content, as if I were not a foreign object in the room. The set of twins waved to me as if to say "Welcome to our room" while the third boy said "Hi" with a big smile. I previously met the set of male twins on a recent previous trip from a few days ago; therefore, the warm welcome from the boys was expected. As I said, "Hello friends" to the children of the room, Christine immediately said "Hello Pete", along with a big...