Prompt 3

I have visited the school 5 times so far, twice just over vacation, and I am starting to get a better sense of what techniques the teacher uses to get through to each and every child when she is teaching. In her classroom, there are 5 special needs children. Two of them have made much progress and can pretty much do most things on their own, another one is getting there, but she still needs assistance with some things, and the other two are completely dependent on an aide at all times. When I visited the school Wednesday, the teacher was having the students make a tiger mask. She set up all the children with the glue, scissors, paper, and crayons that they would need, and then she sat at the desk with the two dependent special needs students. She worked through, with much patience, the project with them. I sat with the other child that sometimes needs help and walked her through as well. This definitely helps having the teachers one on one with the students because it causes them to get the attention they need to learn how to be independent. It also creates a one on one conversation, which helps the special needs children with their language. The teacher also has to do olympic games three times a week. She splits the class into two groups and has two teachers in each group. The kids go through a series of events to test their skills and coordination. The teacher splitting the kids into two groups also helps the students get more one on one time with the teachers. Overall, I think she has great techniques in teaching an integrated preschool class.