When it came to the environment of the classroom, I felt very at home, comfortable, and safe, but when I thought about it a little more deeply, I realized that a lot of the things in the classroom are familiar to me and that is why I feel this way. My cooperating teacher does a good job incorporating family into the classroom by displaying the children’s family photos, but I think more could be done, especially for the children who are not from America. I talked to my cooperating teacher about maybe asking the children what they have at home that is not here in the classroom as a way to scope out if more items could be added to the classroom. I also talked to her about snack time. The school provides snack, but through my observations I noticed that there is not much variety. Graham crackers, gold fish, cheese its, pretzels, animal cookies, apples, banana, grapes, and oranges are all the food items I’ve seen displayed for snack over the past 8 weeks. I suggested that maybe it would be a fun idea to talk to the children about what foods they eat at home for snack and then …show more content…
I told my cooperating teacher that I believe there needs to be a talk with the parents to ensure that the routines at home and on the drive to school are the same, as well as the process of saying goodbye stays the same. Having structure is highly useful when trying to get over separation anxiety. If a child’s schedule changes constantly, a child can feel uneasy which in return can make them more apprehensive to leave their parents. The teacher does a great job at ensuring the classroom routine stays the same because she knows how important structure is for children. When talking about this topic, it was eye opening for my cooperating teacher and myself because we started to think that maybe the morning routines at home are constantly changing which could cause anxiety for a child in the first