Classroom Reflection

Summary During the course of the last few weeks I had the opportunity to observe a classroom at UCLC, a children’s program, and take detailed notes on what I witnessed. I was also assigned to my own student to look after for the time I was there. In this paper, I will give a descriptive summary of my time spent there using 3 domains: biosocial, cognitive and psychosocial.

As I arrived on my first day I was assigned to the purple family. As I made my way to the classroom I found it to be very decorative and colorful. The kids were not in there when I first arrived because they were still in the gym playing games. A few minutes later a school of very energetic 4-5 year olds came running into the classroom. There were several teachers that were also with the class. The class room was set up with lockers surrounding the outside walls and there were two circle tables next to the lockers and that is where the kids had their snack time. They also had bathrooms and sinks inside the classroom. Needless to say, the room was very busy and not dull.

The UCLC program does an excellent job at including everyone and getting all the kids involved. The one thing I noticed is the kids do not call the teacher by their last name they only say “teacher”. As I continued to stand back and observe I got the hang of their schedule pretty quick. The kids first have their snack time, then playtime, and lastly, music. During music time the teachers would play videos for the children to follow along