Personal Narrative: Working With The Children And Teachers Of Coal Pit Learning

I was granted the opportunity to work with the children and teachers of Coal Pit Learning Center for community engagement week. I worked with the children throughout the week to provide relief to the exhausted teachers and be a person who can look over the children. I was gifted the opportunity to work with a variety of children of ages from 3-5. My first day was tiring, but full of excitement. The children were a mix of shy and excited as we walked into their classroom for the very first time. I thought to myself, as my 3 classmates and I were thrown into the chaos of a group of 3 and 4 year olds, what I should be doing to help. But there was no need for the teachers to explain to us what to do, the children immediately gave us jobs of playing with them or making us watch them race their cars around the room. The week turned out to be a wonderful learning experience for me and the people I worked with.
I found Sophocles to be right on one occasion where I was able to bring one little girl who did not play with the other children into a group game. This shy little girl was not included in the games and normally sat in the corner with a puzzle and this child now plays with the others as if they had been life long friends. Being able to make this one change in this child’s life made the whole week worth it in my