Kiddies Korners Daycare
Week 1 October 12, 13th
The first day of the fieldwork, I joined the toddler class. I felt the daycare teacher is harder work than I imagined. After I experienced the first day, I thought I can not go tomorrow, because I was very tired. However, when I went back home, I felt I missed the children. Communicating with children is hard for me, but I realized it is a fun job for me.
Week 2 October 19, 20th
I felt daycare teachers love children. When they are having a break, they talk about children’s condition or growth. They do not consider taking care of children as a job, but rather as a great opportunity to see children growth everyday and look forward to it.
Week 3 October 26, 27th
I joined the preschool class. Before I joined the preschool class, I expected 4 and 5 years- old children are active and talkative. However, they were more adults than I expected. When a girl asked me for help, I could not understand what she wants me to do, but another girl told me “She needs help”. So I understood what she wants me to do. I was surprised that she understood the situation and helped me.
Week 4 November 2nd, 3rd
The first day, I played with Robert. He is younger than other children in the preschool class and friendly, so Robert often came to me and played together. Next day, he was absent from daycare. When I played with other girl, the daycare teacher said “I have heard from Robert, Mina is a good friend”. When I have heard from teacher, I was surprised that Robert said like that. I felt happiness to became a good friend with him.
Week 5 November 9, 10th
I found it difficult to communicate equally with all the children. When someone invited me to play with him, it was difficult to get involved with other children, but the daycare teachers communicated equally with everyone. The daycare teachers have to know what the child was doing that day and how they are feeling, so I thought that for that reason they communicated equally with everyone.
Week 6 November 16, 17th
Because of the sick, I couldn’t go the daycare.
Week 7 November 23rd, 24th
The last day of the fieldwork, I joined the toddler class. Because of the sick, many children were absent from daycare. I could not communicate with them, so I regretted that I should have talked with them more. The first day of the fieldwork, I felt I do not want to go, however, after I spent three months with children, I missed them so much. I realized I really like children than I think.
