PRACTICUM
70 HOURS
MS. BROOKS
KINDERGARTEN
Maya Bryant
INFO
16 students - 6 m 10 f
Daily routine
breakfast with friends
morning announcements
language
lunch
recess
math
snack
resource
dismissal
Observation I loved kindergarten before covid but after
seeing how kids are coming in with nothing
Information and how teachers today are basically
teaching more manners and self-control
1 2 instead of having fun activities. I think as a
My teacher was 53 and has been new teacher Ishould probably not start in
kindergarten.
teaching for 25 years. Ms Brooks was
very good at behavioral
management. she had many students
that came in with no prior school
experiences. She was basically
teaching preschool and kindergarten.
she had lots of activities that exposed
the students to new things but there
were tons of interruptions.
MS. BRYANT'S
LESSONS
What I learned What I taught
Grabbing the
Lesson about fiction
attentiomn of a 5
and non with videos
year old is easy,
and real books
keeping it is harder
past present and
keep moving, keep
future with personal
your energy high,
pictures of me
videos are perfect
for a momentary
break from hearing
your voice.
TAKE AWAYS
I learned to roll with the punches,
lessons don't always go according to
plan so always have a catch all activity.