Reflecting on Learning

My most passionate goal in Early Childhood Education is to be the change in my classroom and community, but most important is to make a difference in every child's life that I come into contact with in my classroom. Less than one hour ago, I had a conversation with my friend who owns a Chinese restaurant. She is worried about the start of school, and she is most worried about the safety of her child, and how her child will be received by her classmates because of her Chinese heritage. Her little girls has allergies, and she is very worried about the health of her child when in classroom classes begin.

I was thinking as an early childhood educator how would I approach this problem. The course has taught us that the fear of difference is what causes problems in our society. Some children parents has taught them to be prejudice against people. We must unlearn children and ourselves our biases which we have towards certain group of people. I asked my friend did she know that the school is offering online schooling for the 2020-2021 school year. There are many school administrators and teachers who visit her restaurant for our community, and I told her to call the elementary school and to ask the school how does she enroll her daughter into the online classes for the school year.

She is worried about her child being teased about CONVID-19 because of her child's heritage. I would tell her to use her contacts with her child's school system to use persona dolls both in the classroom and the online classes to teach the children that teasing or becoming physical with someone of Asian heritage is wrong. I would use an Asian doll to express to the class how his or her feelings are being hurt because of the racial remarks and physical harm that he or she has received because people have blamed CONVID-19 culture. This course has taught us that children know right from wrong, and they will work together to do what is right.

I have really enjoyed being in this class. You are now family to me and not just classmates. I hope we continue to grow together in the early childhood field, and we continue to share our experiences in the classroom to help each of us become better educators. Yes, I will apply some of your recommendations that you are using in your classrooms in how to communicate with my students, coworkers, and my student's family members. Open communication, the education and the welfare of the child, and building relationships with the family members will be the foundation of my classroom.