Jocelyn Lober

ECE 332 

Pamela Klem 

9/6/2020

When James goes to his toddler room on Monday morning, he is excited to see that his classroom has been decorated in an under the sea theme. There are pictures of sea creatures on every wall, a swimming pool filled with soft balls in the middle of the room, and an enormous inflatable fish in the middle of the ceiling. James points to the fish 

and shouts, "It's a blue fish!"

Ms. Jessie asks James to wash his hands. James washes his hands by himself and then eats breakfast with his classmates before circle time. Ms. Jessie reads, 'Bear's First Day of School.' James loves books and is excited when he recognizes the names of objects such as 'pencil, crayon, bookbag,' and 'teacher.' Ms. Jessie asks the children to identify colors and James shouts out his two favorite; "red" and "green."

Ms. Jessie asks the children to sing the alphabet with her. James sings along, familiar with the rhythm, but only knows a few letters. Next, Ms. Jessie asks the children to count to 10. James only knows 1-3, but he enjoys singing along 

with Ms. Jessie and his friends. 

Ms. Jessie asks the children to stand up. They play a game of 'head, shoulders, knees and toes,' and the children quickly point to each body part. James has no problem identifying objects. Ms. Jessie then adds other items to the game, such as tummy, elbow, bellybutton and fingers. With the exception of his elbow, James understands what Ms. Jessie is asking.

James loves this game and is having a blast!

Next, Ms. Jessie sets up a paint station at the table where children are asked to paint on a paper plate for a project they are working on. James comes to the table, sits down and uses his pincer grasp to pick up the paint brush. With some instruction from Ms. Jessie, he dips his paint brush into the paint and paints his paper plate. Ms. Jessie shows James how to put one hand on the paper plate and paint it with the other. James loves to paint and does a great job with his plate!

Ms. Jessie allows the children to have free play. James loves puzzles and begins to work on a farm puzzle. Although he can match the correct pieces, he is still learning how to turn them to make them fit correctly. Ms. Jessie sees James struggle with a piece and says, "turn the piece, James." James turns the piece slowly, and when it 

fits correctly, he looks up at 

Ms. Jessie and says, "I did it!" 

James makes his way to the building area and takes out the wooden building blocks. He starts stacking the blocks and slowly counts a few as he builds. When Ms. Jessie asks James what he's building, he replies enthusiastically, "I'm building a tower!" He takes the pillar blocks and puts them in between the rectangular blocks as he stacks more blocks higher until they fall. Not discouraged, James clears the carpet 

where the blocks fell and starts over.  

After free play, James eats lunch. He sits at at the table, picks up his fork with his whole hand and begins eating, sometimes dropping some of his food back on his tray. He has been learning how to drink out of a cup and uses both hands to pick it up. After he is finished, Ms. Jessie asks him to pick up his tray with both hands and walk it to the trash can. James throws away his tray and is instructed to throw his cup out as well. James is proud of himself as he walks to the sink to wash 

his hands after he throws away his cup.

After lunch and nap time, Ms. Jessie sets up the water table for sensory play, James' favorite activity. Ms. Jessie asks the children to get their smocks and they hurry to the hanging smocks, putting them easily over their heads. Ms. Jessie pours water in the sensory table along with a small amount of dish soap, which produces bubbles. James notices the bubbles begin to form and shouts happily, "BUBBLES!" Ms. Jessie adds items such as boats, a water wheel, a watering can, and cups. James has fun playing in the sensory table as he fills up the watering can by himself using a cup and pours the water into the water wheel. James has a blast!

He watches the wheel spin as Ms. Jessie helps him with his vocabulary, using such phrases as, "the wheel is spinning." James starts to splash the water, getting his friends wet. Ms. Jessie gently reminds him, "no thank you, James, keep the water in the table, please.