April 12th 2016,
Today marks my last day at the Cariboo-Chilcotin Child Development Center in Williams Lake. These past three weeks have been amazing and I have learned more than I could have imagined before I started this practicum experience. I gained insight into some of the challenges that may be facing my students when they enter my classroom. I have learned the importance of valuing a child’s strengths regardless of what they might be. Educators, myself included can be guilty of valuing ‘academic’ subject over elective subjects, which shouldn’t be the case. Success in band or PE is no less or more important that success in math or English. I came to realize that school isn’t always a positive experience for some students and their families, for a multitude of possible reasons. As I got to explore the surface of some of these reasons I am able to reflect on how I can alter my teaching practice and interactions with students and families to minimize these reasons and make school as positive of an experience as I can.
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- Preparing food at an elementary school for a families and school dinner.
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- The brand new walker with super cool fenders
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- Modifying a ride on quad to promote mobility for children
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- supplies and prototypes
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- The supplies for the catapults and the ammunition (marshmallows)
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- Two student made catapults
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- A catapult prototype advanced design
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- A catapult prototype simple design
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- Catapults made by the teen group SPECTRE
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- Kevin the crawfish to be transported to Scout Island Nature Centre
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- The view part way up the hike
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- The view from the top of the hike
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- Wildflowers on our hike
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- Me and Janie enjoying the sun
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- The view from the deck of where I was staying
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- Sitting out on the dock at Chimney Lake
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- Baby goose raised out near Horsefly
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- Little toad out near Likely
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- The sunset out at Chimney Lake