Dinosaur land was a hit.

In my previous publish, I mentioned that I haven’t been able to take picture for the “before” we started the activity, I thought that would’ve been some great pictures to add to this. The children had a good time making their dinosaur land, I went to help start some of their activity by showing them how to place a tiny branch to get them to stand on their own, but while helping others, I felt like I should’ve grabbed some more dirt for them since some of the children’s branches weren’t standing on their own, but along the way, I thought it would be best to make the branches shorter, that worked much better than having to use the longer ones which also made them heavier. Did you include the children in your thinking about why some sticks worked and others didn’t? Next time present the problem to the children to see what ideas they might have to make the sticks stand up.

This project was a relief for me, I was glad they enjoyed this. I liked to see their creativity. While, some were for creativity, I watched some play with the dirt with their hands, sensory play. Yes, nice to just let each child decide how they used the materials you presented.

through all this fun, was a lot of mess, but that’s ok, let the children experience this fun. CT assured me that it’s ok to get messy, the kiddies had fun, which I am thankful for, thankful to have great mentors that understand that it’s about the kiddies and their development, also thankful JF and CT are open to my projects. 🙂

I feel I’m slowly starting to communicate with the kiddies more about what they shouldn’t do like hitting and knocking another peers blocks over, watching CT and JF communicate with them is something I also want to master. Good goals for the next practicum Stephanie.

Nov 27, 2024