Journal 1

On my first day of teaching practices, I was very excited to meet my MST and enhance a new experience of teaching early childhood. First, I met my friend Ms.kawula, and she is in level 3 in the education major. Then Ms. Mona came and met us and showed me the class that I will observe. I met Ms.Cristelle, and she was friendly and helpful. The most beautiful thing happened when I was sitting on the back, a little girl came and gave me a big hugs. It was a lovely moment. I liked her style of learning and activities. On the other hand, I found there was some lack of communication and interaction between the children and her. I liked her activity about looking for a number inside the sand. This activity will develop the muscles of excellent motor skills. There was a lot of writing in the book. It was difficult for children to cover all the exercises in the classroom. Sometimes the teacher used some reward for children to finish early by giving them some stickers if anybody finished first. Also, Ms.Tina assistant teacher helped the children to cover all unfinished books. I liked the language of Ms. Christelle; her pronunciation was perfect.