“Every child has a different learning style and pace. Each child is unique, not only capable of learning but also capable of succeeding,” states Robert John Meehan. Children are all unique in their own ways and it is the teacher’s job to help every student succeed despite their differences. Observations prepare future teachers to experience firsthand how classrooms are conducted every day; in turn, providing them with the resources that will eventually exist in their own classrooms. While on my observation, I learned many valuable techniques, and gained insight on what it would be like in an integrated pre-kindergarten classroom. My observation took place in the pre-kindergarten classroom for four hours at the Cerebral Palsy of Tri-County …show more content…
The class was mixed with students that had different needs and abilities. It consisted of language delay, physical delay, and students that were on track with their age characteristics. Basic motor and physical development are improving which leads to more independent things like drawing a person with six parts, opening clothes pins, eating with silverware, playing outside, writing numbers and name. The students had difficulty zipping coat zippers, and tying shoes. Children develop socially when they become comfortable with their environment and the people within it. The children displayed to be socially developed when they engaged in peer interactions, outgoing in the classroom, talk out of turn, and play well together at recess. All of the students got along very well, but it was evident they strive on routine. Cognitive and language development was practiced through recognition of sight words, rhyming of words, recognizing the days of the week, and singing learning songs. At this stage students develop emotionally when they interact positively with peers, and teachers. The teachers became a comforter when the students were hurt, and the students became friends when they helped each other. All of those factors supported an emotional attachment of the students. While at the center many capabilities of the children were presented. The children were able to run, jump, play baseball, says long thought out sentences, write, talk to peers, and share