2nd weekly reflection

 As this was my second week of senior project, I felt a lot more comfterable in my overall role as a TA. I was downstairs and split between the two classrooms for most of the week. Even though the kids downstairs don't do projects or worksheets, I could still find ways to interact with them, whether that were sitting on the floor and playing with them or eating snacks with them around the table. They seemed to enjoy my presence. Obviously, at the 1-2 year old, they are not as verbal as the 3-5-year-olds, so a lot of what they're trying to say is a fun guessing game. All year, the teachers have been attempting to teach them a few signs in ASL to better communicate their feelings. Most of the kids knew the sign pretty well and tended to use it during snack time. However, other signs like all done, or please, were still a work in progress. The one day I was upstairs that week is because one of the children downstairs got covid. Because that whole age group is unvaccinated, the Inn had to close the downstairs floor. All the little kids were sent home early that day, so the downstairs teachers moved up and continued with a regular schedule. We were lucky, though to have an overall hot week, so it allowed us to spend a lot of time outdoors, which the kids loved. However, the black flies love the playground, so that was the only stress of the week. Overall I loved the school and was very happy I was able to work there during such a crazy time.