1st weekly reflection

 My first week at the imagination inn is complete! This week was pretty all over the place as I was just learning how everything is run. I was mixed pretty evenly between all the rooms which was helpful in terms of learning the layout of everything, but it also caused me some stress as each room had a different daily scheduled they abided by. A lot of the morning circle was used for me learn the students name as there were a total of 50 kids give or take there daily. The morning circle was also used as a playful attempt of structure, as I believed it help the kids feels a sense more involved in the movement of the day. A lot of my time spent this week was outdoors. Even though I am only there about 4 hours a day, about an hour of it is dedicated to recess or some version of being outside, for instance a walk. This is when kids would get out the bulk of their stored up energy. This is also when a majority of the arguments would happen, either over a toy or sand being thrown or someone was pushed. This is where I would help talk out a lot of the disagreements. This helped me negative my role as being a TA, to know how much or how little I should involve myself in kids real world experiences. Even outside I found myself in the sandbox or playing catch with kids just so I can learn a little more about them everyday. Throughout the week I became more comfortable to involve myself in class actives. I would play bingo with them or in the mornings sit in their tiny chairs and join them for morning table activity. I feel like I really tried this week to allow the kids to come to me as it was their first time in a while having a new teacher in the classroom. Overall though, I am very happy with the design of my project. The faculty is very caring and always willing to help me navigate around the school. Cant wait for what next week will hold.