Day 1 at Imagination Inn (Senior Project)

As I entered the preschool classroom door at 8am, I was welcomed with 9 smiley faces ranging between 3-5 years old. As the two teachers of the day introduced themself to me, I went on to sit at one of the small tables with 4 kids. They were playing with small colorful circles you can connect to one another to build whatever their little hearts imaged. This ranged from flowers to firetrucks to fart-activated spaceships. As I introduced myself as Ms. Sarah to the class, many of the kids tended to stick around me as they introduced themselves to me. They told me all types of things about themself, from their siblings' names to their home addresses; It was a wide range of topics. After cleaning up the toys, the kids did a color worksheet as they were learning colors and how to spell them. Once that was over, we all sat in a circle on the ground with whiteboards.Dry erase markers, as the kids would practice writing their names with upper and lowercase letters and then present them to class, announcing each letter. From there, we went on to play 1-20 number bingo; I was the one to call out the numbers. From there, 2 more kids joined our classroom for the day, making it 11 kids for the rest of the afternoon. As Crystal got the kids ready to go outside for recces, I wiped down the tables and swept the floor from dropped snacks. Recess was about an hour-long; this is about the point I started to learn fast kids' emotions can change. At one point, they were running around happy. The next, they were running over to me crying; this, I believe, is just the beginning of the things I will learn at the Imagination Inn. After an hour-long recess, we came back in for lunchtime. After lunch, I read two picture books to the kids, who finished their food early, while Crystal set up the sleeping arrangements for nap time. Before I left around 12:15, I was sent off with a big Bye, Ms. Sarah, from the whole classroom, which truly toped off my day.