Pre-school Observation
             The Children's Learning Center in Oceanside is the pre-school I chose to go to. No peppy name to it they pretty much kept it simple I guess. Now the actual building was a different story. The place was very large. Spacious rooms. There were colorful walls and carpet, which were both very bright. Very clean yet cluttered. A small area was off to the side with a refrigerator, counters and a sink. There were large red bins loaded with all sorts of different types of toys. Six small round tables with a box full of crayons in the middle on each one. That looked the area for eating, coloring and painting. The outside area was huge also. Avery large sandbox with swings monkey bars and slides. Then there was an asphalt area, which had tricycles lined up, an area marked for hopscotch and also a little handball area. It was almost like an elementary school set up.
             There were twenty-two children. Thirteen of them boys and nine of them were girls. Their ages ranged from two to five years old. There were three teachers and they were all females. Their ages ranged from twenty-five to about forty-five years of age.
             Many different interactions took place between the children and the teachers. The teachers were not ever all three involved at the same time. It seemed that different activities were for different teachers. The children all were very comfortable with each teacher, as if they had known them for quite some time. There didn't seem to be any inhibitions for the children. Of course some were shyer than others, yet at the same time comfortable.
             During story time they all sat Indian-style on the carpet while the teacher sat up in a chair and read to them. I was very impressed at how cooperative they were for her. They were also very attentive. Only one small outbreak occurred and it wasn't that bad. Handled immediately with e
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