OUR FIRST DAYS IN KINDERGARTEN – DIARY Examples from teacher�s diaries
Monitoring log 1 - Turkey
A . B . S . – 6 years old boy
B . has only communicated with close relatives . He hasn ' t communicated with stranger adults or his peers . He has no experience of crowd environments . Therefore he had a hard time adapting to the school . Unsure attitudes of his family made him think that his family won ' t return from wherever they go . When they left him to the school , B . who had a sense like this cried a lot and behaved negatively in the beginning of the school . He showed negative reactions such as crying without a reason . He has shown these reactions nonstop for a month . When he came to school with his mother he didn ' t leave his mother , didn ' t let her go and cried . Therefore his mother was allowed to stay with him for a week . Teacher indicated that his mother should let him individualize , and shouldn ' t be dependent to the child . And also emphasized that a pressure and anxious environment shouldn ' t be formed at home .
Monitoring log 2 - Turkey
F . A . E . – 5 years old boy He is shy about greeting and talking when he came to class . His voice is barely heard while he is talking . He is avoiding eye contact while he is talking . His shyness is the result of an accident from his little ages . He fell and broke his teeth . Therefore , he doesn ' t want to talk or laugh . It can be told him that accidents like this about falling may happen to everyone . A visit to a dentist can be made with his family . He prefers games where he can play alone . He doesn ' t want to play games in groups . We enable him to socialize by telling him that the games in groups are funnier and more amusing . His lack of self-confidence about achieving something prevents him from starting and causes him not to start it . Simple and understanable activities should be organized . Helping him in succeeding and little rewards can help him develop self-confidence .
I explained that the child should join social environment .
At the of end of first term , B . overcame his fears and worries about the school and his teacher . He comes to the school happily and comfortably . He attends all of the activities in the class and completes them with success . He plays with his friends , joins groups and sometimes becomes the leader . His attitude in the games is always a constructive one . Due to this attitude his friends love him and want to play with him .
By January he is more active and comfortable in attending games . Attending games in groups and belonging to a group makes F Ali express himself and help him develop his self-confidence . Games in groups should be diversified . He attend the games more actively and he likes to share toys with his friends . With the help of the group activities he gets self confidence
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