The child was asked many times to put the toy away in his cubby and he would, but would suddenly have it out again. There was one occasion, where I did ask the child several times to put his toy away, and he ignored me. One of the instructors noticed and approached the child, by kneeling down and asking him to walk towards her. As she had one hand on the child’s shoulder, she spoke to him about the rules, and how his toy had to be put away. I have noticed that for those children who have a difficult time listening, the instructors tend to direct the child towards the location he/ she should be at by graving their shoulders or hold them down by a grip when they aren’t paying …show more content…
Today as the children were playing outside, the instructors asked me to paint little footsteps on the cabinets, as well as the tables. I also turned all of the children’s chairs upside down. Mrs. Maya turned the toilet water green and locked the outside door. When it was time to come inside, Mrs. Maya wasn’t able to open the door, which made the children assume that it was the leprechaun. They all got really excited, as they jumped and screamed. We entered the building by using the 3 year olds classroom, which connects to the Pre-K class. As we walked thought the bathrooms, the children were shocked and excited about the toilet water being green. They tried flushing the water, but the water continued to be green. As we walked further into the class, they recognized the mess and the footsteps. They all screamed, and leprechaun. They immediately fixed the tables, while some found paper towels, to wipe off the footsteps that were on the tables. They were amazed by the “silly” leprechaun that was in their class. Soon after Mrs. Maya gathered all of the children in the carpet area, and read them a book about how to catch a leprechaun. It was very pleasing to see all of the children excited about what the “silly” leprechaun had done to their