In greeting, each child is welcomed by name.   It aids to set a positive tone for the day, provides a sense of belonging and recognition to help children learn and use everyone’s name and lets children practice hospitality.   These are primary learned for socialization.

 

 Role Call Singing Greeting– The teacher sings “Good Morning Mary!  Are you here?”  The child responds by singing, “Good morning teacher, I am here!”  

 

Describing Your Name – Thechild creates an adjective in front of their first name with the same letter.   Example: Hiccups Harvey.

 

I’ve Got A Name– Have the children sit in a circle. The teacher demonstrates by saying his/her name and by clapping the name at the same time.   Then one child is selected to start by saying their name and by clapping their name at the same time.  The group copies that child by saying “his/her name is _____.”  Each child in the circle follows through with its names.   The coordination between saying the name and clapping the name comes from two different parts of the brain and it will help coordinate the rhythms within the child.

 

Copy Cat Name– Similar to “I’ve Got A Name” except the child stands up says their name with an action like a wave or a wink.   The group copies the action and says the child’s name.   Each child has a turn and tries to think of a new action with their name to not copy an action already presented.   The group learns names the more times it is done.  

 

What Did You Have? -  The child stands up and says their name and is asked by the teacher: “What did you have for breakfast?”  Each child has a turn to answer and everyone learns about what the child had to eat for breakfast.

Birthday Bash – Matching birthday months with the group and then coming up with a cheer.   Have the children find the birthday months with other children.   When they are in a group, make sure the group has at least six.   If not, find a group, which will ...

 My greatest strengths as a teacher is:

 

•       being able to connect with children and getting on their level.
•              managing a classroom and building and maintaining a warm, successful learning classroom environment.
•             listening and respecting children and developing creative and well thought out plans and activities.
•             from the experiences I used hands-on activities.
•             using my presentation skills are strong
•             loving to teach and ability to adapt to changing circumstances
•            being organized and finding fun ways to do subject areas
•             ability to relate to the children
•            include flexibility, compassion, passion for children and teaching, being an extremely hard worker, and using professionalism within a classroom
•           being patient and flexible
•           ability to read children are great strengths and assets
•           Having a strong background in child development and knowing what to expect at different ages
•           communicating with children, parents, and other teachers
•   ...

Free Dance 

Each child does their own thing and is able to express creative movement through music.  You will be surprised with gifts children have.  Put on a favorite song and simply dance.  By dancing children learn about spatial awareness, co-ordination, and body awareness.   You have also have individual solo dances for a short period of time and then see if the children can copy that creative dance.  

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When children react with aggression towards what was seemingly a simple request the underlying principle may be one of frustration.  If tasks they could accomplish yesterday can't be done today, they become angry.  If the tasks become more difficult or more restrictions are applied, they may react with anger.   Sometimes subtle actions like not eating their food or bedwetting may be their response.  Sometimes more violent actions become a way of controlling the situation.                                                                                *It becomes clear that even if the children can't communicate their frustration,    they can act out the frustration and achieve attention!