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I Have A Part Time Job At The Mars Hill Preschool

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I have a part time job at the Mars Hill Preschool here in Florence, Alabama, and this is where I completed my observations. I work in a classroom with ages seventeen months up to two year olds. Most days we have ten children, but some days we will have as many as thirteen children. As anyone could imagine with thirteen toddlers, it can be hectic and a lot is always going on. The preschool is part of the main school which happens to be a private institution which is really small for a school. Most of the families represented at the preschool have a great background and are financially stable. This aspect may differ to the outcomes of the observable behaviors, than children who come from a more troubled background. We have a lot of children whose parents are still together, but we still have a fair share of children who come from single-parent families. I would say that ninety-five percent of the parents, the father and mother, both have a career. In my class many grandparents of the children are very involved in their lives, and this is evident because we have a lot of them pick the children up-especially on Fridays. The preschool is opened from six-thirty AM to six PM. We have two main teachers who are with the children from open to two in the afternoon, and another girl and I come in at 2. We wake them up from their nap, change them, and give the snack and juice. After that, we either go outside or stay inside and play depending on the weather. We do different activities

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