Blog 14: Independent Component 1

Literal

(a) I, Roxana Castaneda, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) Dr. Elizabeth Carr

Footprints Child Care Center

(626) 917-0959

(c) Log of Hours (IC hours are at the bottom)

(d) I went to my mentorship for 6 hours every week. I looked after the children that went their by either making their snacks, playing with them, looking after them on the playground, or doing some arts and crafts with them.

Interpretive

Here are some blog posts I made about some of the things we did at the FCCC:

Art

Playtime

I also wrote a summary of what I did everyday on my IC log.

Applied

Going to a place and actually putting your research into practice can help you learn even more than with just your research. It's like doing an experiment, you can't just do a little bit of research and call it a day, you should go out and put your theories into practice and test it out. So going to my mentorship helped me broaden my knowledge of how kids act around adults and around other children, and how they respond to new people being introduced into their world. I've learned that some children can be very shy and won't even try to approach me because they're not really very trusting of you yet, but once they warm up to you, it's a really great feeling.

Art time!

Some artwork on the wall.

Talking instead of drawing!

Hard at work.

Blog 13: Rough Draft of 30 Minute Presentation

30 Minute Lesson Plan

From the FCCC

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. How can a child care provider create an emotionally and physically healthy child care environment?
2. What are the basics every provider must know about child care and why are they important?
3. How can a provider deal with misbehaving or rowdy children without using yelling?
4. What would you consider to be the ideal child care environment? 
5. When are parents made aware of a child's misbehavior at the daycare? 
6. Are there some reasons for a child being sent home, other than sickness? Why?
7. How can a provider get two children to play nicely or stop being rough with each other?
8. What is the best way to discipline a child?
9. What kind of snacks do you serve the children, and how often do you give them?
10. Are parents allowed to come in and just observe their child when they want to? Why?

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1. Where are you doing your mentorship?

I am doing my mentorship at a daycare in West Covina called Footprints Child Care Center.

2. Who is your contact?

My contact is Dr. Elizabeth A. Carr.

3. How many total hours have you done?

I have done about 75 hours, but 15 of those are for my independent component, so I have a total of 60 hours, including the hours done during the summer.

4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.

The daycare has a schedule that they follow everyday, so nothing much ever changes, except for the behavior and attitude of the children. I always get to Footprints at around 2 o' clock, which is when the younger kids are waking up from their naps and around the time the older kids start arriving from school. The older kids work on their homework until all the toddlers are awake, and then they all have their afternoon snacks. Once everyone finishes their homework, they can go outside and play for about and hour or two, and then go back inside to play until their parents come to pick them up. During all this time, I just aid in any way I can by setting out the snacks or making sure everyone plays fairly and no one gets hurt.

5. Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone number.

Emailed.

Blog 10: Senior Project Update

(1) What are you currently doing in your independent component? 

I have found the CPR/First AID class I want to take, it costs a bit of money, but I think it'll be fun. The class is on Saturdays, so I'll probably go and do it in a few weeks. I've contacted the people for the  BASIC program, but they haven't really gotten back to me, so I plan on calling them soon.

(2) What is a recent piece of research that have you reviewed you would say was significant in helping you understand where to go next in your senior project? 

I think the teachers at the Day care I volunteer at are a great help in giving insight on these to research. Basically, my experience during my volunteer hours are research to me, and if I ever need to go into depth with something, I go online and search it. For example, a while ago we were having a lot of trouble with the kids not listening to us and going off doing their own thing - we still sometimes have this problem - so I went online and looked for ways to help them calm down and listen to the teachers - and it did help a bit.

(3) Provide evidence from your independent component or the piece of research as something you recently did.  

I have some photos from my volunteer service, but not from my actual independent component. A good piece of research concerning how to deal with problematic children from article 32 on my WB. It said that the best way to deal with misbehaving children is to either ignore their bad behavior, because if you don't pay attention to it, then they will eventually stop. Another way is to use a time-out method. This method shows them that what they are doing is unacceptable and will not be allowed. But you must always warn them before, and if they don't stop, then you proceed to put them in time-out in a uninteresting place that will not distract the child.