Pocket Full Of Tricks , livre ebook

Book Venture Publishing LLC - Heather Okeke

Découvre YouScribe en t'inscrivant gratuitement

Je m'inscris

Obtenez un accès à la bibliothèque pour le consulter en ligne
En savoir plus

52 pages

English

Vous pourrez modifier la taille du texte de cet ouvrage

Obtenez un accès à la bibliothèque pour le consulter en ligne
En savoir plus

A propos
Informations
Extrait

Description

This book is about creating an engaging classroom which allows children to learn through fun and exciting activities as well as ideas for the teachers which include everything from transitions to your daily schedule. _ is book will demonstrate how easy it is to think outside the box by incorporating these ideas into learning activities as well as turning everyday items into usable golden treasures for the classroom, turning trash to treasures.

Informations

Publié par	Book Venture Publishing LLC
Date de parution	06 mars 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781643482026
Langue	English

Informations légales : prix de location à la page 0,0155€. Cette information est donnée uniquement à titre indicatif conformément à la législation en vigueur.

Extrait

Copyright © 2018 by Heather Okeke.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher, addressed “Attention: Permissions Coordinator,” at the address below.

BookVenture Publishing LLC 1000 Country Lane Ste 300
Ishpeming MI 49849 www.bookventure.com
Hotline:
1(877) 276-9751
Fax:
1(877) 864-1686

Ordering Information:
Quantity sales. Special discounts are available on quantity purchases by corporations, associations, and others. For details, contact the publisher at the address above.

Printed in the United States of America.

Library of Congress Control Number
ISBN-13:
Softcover
978-1-64348-200-2
Pdf
978-1-64348-201-9
ePub
978-1-64348-202-6
Kindle
978-1-64348-203-3

Rev. date: 09/06/2018
Contents
Introduction
Who Am I and How I Got Started In The Field
Chapter 1
Routines and Schedules
So Why Is a Daily Schedule Necessary?
When Designing Your Schedule Keep It Simple
How Can I Get Their Attention, They Aren’t Listening!
Chapter 2
How To Build A Sense Of Community
Friendship Quilt
Chapter 3
Circle Time Activities
Chapter 4
I Don’t Want To Work With Her! Professionalism In The Classroom
Chapter 5
Have A Little Fun With Sign Language
Chapter 6
What is a TRANSITION and Why Do I Care About It
Types of Transitions
Chapter 7
Everything Costs So Much! How Am I supposed to teach my students when everything costs so much!

I would like to thank my very creative daughter, Andrea Mellinger, for drawing such a beautiful cover for my first book, Thank you baby!

Introduction
Have you ever wanted a peaceful classroom and it just wasn’t happening? Are you tired of going home with a headache or for that all forever need for a hot bath? I know each of you know what I’m talking about. I can remember a time when I felt the same way. I always thought I had be “textbook” in my teaching style, but you want to know what I discovered? There is no such thing as being “textbook” when you are a teacher. Everyone has different thoughts and their own creative ways in which to do things in their own classroom. What I’ve learned through the years working in the early childhood field is that everyone needs their own “bag of tricks” to help them make their day go smoother. Let me tell you, when I first started my working career, I NEVER wanted to work with children; The crying and screaming all day I though I would hear and the headaches that came with it. Let me tell you how I got started working in a field I swore I would never work in, how much fun it really is and how much I grew to absolutely love it.

Who Am I and How I Got Started In The Field
There is no passion to be found in playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. -Nelson Mandela

I can remember a time when my boys were around 2-3 years of age when I would drop them off with a woman who ran a home daycare business. Ms. Rosy was a really sweet woman and my boys absolutely loved going to see her every day. When I would walk into her house the front room always had toys scattered everywhere; the kiddos were always laughing and she always had a smile on her face. At this point in my life working with children was the last thing I wanted to do. Can you imagine working with little guys all day? Listening to them whine, cry, and fight all day? I wanted nothing to do with it what so ever. I used to ask her how she could possibly work with children all day. She would always smile and say, “I can’t think of anything else I would rather do.” Was she crazy!
About a year later we moved to Northern California. My husband at the time was in the military, which we all know doesn’t pay that well, so I really needed to find a job to help out with all the bills. At this point, I didn’t have much working experience, since I’ve always been a stay-at-home mom and had not attended college, so my search for work wasn’t going so well. I was getting really desperate for a job and the base we were living on was advertising for home care providers. Hmm, should I or shouldn’t I? This was definitely a question I needed to ask myself. The jobs I could find weren’t paying much and after I paid the babysitter for watching my kids while I was at work, I didn’t have much money left over.
After talking it over with my husband I decided to go for it, what did I have to lose after all? At least I would be able to bring home some money and stay home with my children. First licensing came in and gave me a small training, helping me get my house all ready. Once this was done, the parents were knocking my door down trying to find someone to watch their kids. I have to say this wasn’t such a bad gig. I could still stay at home with my own children and still make money, which was actually a lot considering I was watching children in my home. Here’s the kicker though, I was actually beginning to enjoy myself, who would have thought? Definitely not me! After two years of working as a Home Care Provider for the base we moved to Japan, it was there where my career started to really began to take off. Once we arrived in Japan, I came across the same problems as I had before, no work experience and no college degree to help along with my job search. So I went to what I knew, watching young children. There was a Child Development Center on the base and I ended up getting a job teaching two-year old’s. I really didn’t think I would like working with such a young age group but I ended up really enjoy it. They always got so excited about everything like, “Wow! Yellow paint!” and “Wow! The garbage truck!” Their eyes were still so young, everything was so brand new to them. I ended up really enjoying working with them. During the two years I worked there, my career was beginning to take off.
After a while, the center where I worked was beginning to require everyone to go to college to pursue a degree in child development or lose their job. For job security, and nothing else really, I went back to school. My first college class was called, “Child Development.” With this class, I was hooked! I remember the instructor making comments on how devoted and interested I seemed in her class, and I really was. My daughter was born two years later, I had an Associates Degree in Child Development to my name and a whole lot of training in the field. This was a very exciting time for me!
While those two years were fun, we were moving again, so back to the states we went. Back in the states, I was able to further my education and gain tons of experience. I was able to work with a variety of people who came with a variety of experience which allowed me to learn even more. I gained different tricks from my fellow colleagues, which in turn helped me out in the classroom and have been able to experiment to learn what works and what doesn’t. I would like to share some of this experience with you now. I would like to present different activities I’ve learned through the years to make my day in the classroom run just a little bit smoother. We’ll talk about daily schedules, routines, working with others, and even a little American Sign Language, and other various activities. Jumping right in, let’s begin talking about daily routines.

Chapter 1
Children Are Happy Because They Don’t Have a File In Their Minds Called, “All The Things That Could Go Wrong.” -The Fresh Quotes
Routines and Schedules
So what is a routine and what is a schedule? Simply put, the schedule is the meat of the day: Arrival, mealtime, circle time, outdoor play, etc. A routine is a path that leads all the kiddos to mealtime, circle time, outdoor time, etc. In your day your kiddos arrived, but now how are they going to go to mealtime? They have to go wash their hands and sit down at the table, this is the routine part of your day. Sometimes the routine doesn’t go as smoothly as we would like so this is where transitions come into play.
Our daily schedule and daily routine are so very important in order to have your day run smoother. Let’s imagine your day for a start. You wake in in the morning, take a shower, and get dressed. Now you get your kids up, they get dressed, eat breakfast, then you either take them to the bus stop or drop them off at school, then off to work you go. Doesn’t this sound like most mornings? Pretty routine right? Now let’s say you get up take your shower, get dressed, then your kids come up to you and tells you that you have to go to their school with them today because you were volunteered to go on their field trip, what? You’ve had no time to prepare, and you never notified your work, what are you going to do now?
Let’s take a look at another scenario. When you go to work each day you know what is expected of you. You know exactly what you are supposed to do and when. How does this day feel to you? I bet you’re feeling extremely comfortable and confident in