Child Care Observation Examples

FE #1-Classroom Overview

The environment I observed seemed to be very put together and organized. The staff responsible for each age group all had great communication with each other. They had great communication with the parents also. They kept a chart of each individual everyday keeping track of when they ate and if they had any positive/negative occurrences. For infants, they also keep track of when they were changed. The room I first observed was very inviting. The teachers had good attitudes, and they really seemed to care for the kids. The room had soft mats on the floor to help cushion the fall if the infants fell. The teachers were very aware of the what the kids were doing at all times to make sure they did not get into anything they were not supposed to. I loved how the staff interacted with the kids. They would sing and make train noises to them while changing them.

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I love to be around young kids and babies, and that is part of the reason I took this course. I have been around young kids a lot, so I knew the gist of how to take care of them. I learned a lot about how the daycare is set up for the children. Before, I figured there was state requirements concerning child-care facilities, but never knew the extent to them. This did not change my mind about working in a daycare when I am older if I needed to. I loved interacting with the kids and seeing them have fun. One of my favorite parts about the facility was the interaction between the teachers and students. Many of the children have been there since they were newborns, and the teachers knew them so well. They knew every tweak, characteristic, and tendency of every child at the daycare. Even if they did not care for the class, they still were close to the children. I do not plan on having a teaching career, but I definitely learned a little bit on how to handle certain situations with little kids, and how I should teach my own children