Sammamish High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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-1 Although the children were usually allowed to play on their own, there were also several structured activities provided for them. Each day the children were taken for a short walk where they would find such interesting things as caterpillars or other crawly creatures. These, they would gleefully bring back to class for the teacher or to take home for their mothers. The children learned to obey sim- ple safety rules and learned how to conduct themselves during 'Ljuice time. Proving to be excellent stu- dents, the children enjoyed their day at school, got along well with each other, and were never self-conscious while they were being observed. Mrs. Sanders' students en- joyed the playschool pro- gram. For some it was an opportunity to nonchalantly sink their hands into globs of playdough and still say they were really only helping one of the children with his pro- ject. Others caught up on all the little Golden Books they missed reading when they were younger. Most of them felt that the playschool was a far more effective method of learning to understand the children than simply reading or discussing him as was done in the past. Learning to cope with such problems as stimu- lating a child's interest for an activity, aiding a child who needs help on a project, and preventing arguments or mis- haps were all situations the girls faced. Handling a room- ful of children who suddenly become ferocious, snapping alligators that crawl under tables and through chairs, was an unusual situation that gave one class the oppor- tunity to see the great extent of a child's imagination in action. Comments on the children were varied. One girl said that she was the youngest in her family and had never re- alized what her parents had' to put up with so much. An- other commented: The kids are wild: one never knows what to expect! A girl stated that they are usu- ally a lot of fun. 'I'hey'll do things that are cute like ask you to go steady. Mrs. Sanders considered the playschool a big success and plans on having another one next year. She said she hoped the girls tried to apply the guidance techniques they learned and evaluate their effectiveness. She also com- mented that it was not only interesting to learn to under- stand children, but how stu- dents got along with them. .gi

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