As the school year comes to an end I realize that I have learned a lot this year from my sites teacher, Mrs. Snethen. This being my second year of participation in the Ready, Set, Teach class has allowed me to compare a prekindergarten age group to that of my past experience with a a kindergarten age group; the students in these two age groups are so close in age, but still develop differently and advance differently.
This year I had the privilege to work with my mentor, Mrs. Snethen, who is a great teacher and who I respect a lot. She has the perfect qualities that a prekindergarten teacher should have. Her style of teaching doesn't allow her students to get bored and reject the information being sent from her. She encourages role playing in everything she does, which makes every lesson fun, and she also ties every lesson to a life circumstance. The most important lesson that I take from her is the fact that every child can learn when there is help at home and there is help at school as well as once in a while adding a little twist to a lesson can make the outcome much more effective.
Last but not least, my students this year were great to me and I love every single one of them. Every morning was a new reason to smile. Their pure love and innocence were the reasons I enjoyed everyday I was there. Now speaking of them academically wise is what left me dumbfounded every moment they did something or said something. To me it is very interesting to just imagine how their brain functions, most of them are at age 5 and already reading when some kids at age 10 or up are at the same reading level, their intelligence is just amazing.
One more year of experience has just been another push towards my future career, I can't imagine choosing a career that does not involve children. I definitely would not have been able to have such an amazing experience without Mrs. Snethen and Ms. Barron.
