Today my cousin came over my house and she was singing a song that had to deal with colors and numbers. Ashely, my cousin was dancing around my house and pointing to things in my house. I asked her if the song she was singing was so that she could remember her colors and numbers. she said yes. I told her if she likes to go to school, she smiled and nodded yes. She explained to me that she has two teachers, one is named Ms. Olivia and the other Ms. Page. Ashley explained to me that her teachers are really nice to her and that she likes it when they teach her games and songs to memorize colors and numbers. Ashley says that she has lots of fun in school and told me she was sad because today there was no school. I told her I did not have school either and I'm upset to. I asked my aunt if she ever practices with Ashley since she does not speak English very well. My aunt said she does not understand when Ashley sings to her and so she just acts like she listens but she has no clue what she's saying. My aunts says it's frustrating when Ashley needs help on some of her homework when she herself has no clue what it's about. I told my aunt that she has to try because I had the same problem with my mother. I'd ask my mother about things from school and she couldn't help me. I realized that it's difficult for children to learn things sometimes because either their parents do not put input into their children's learning or can't because they themselves do not understand. Ashley has a hard time learning the difference between English and Spanish because at home all they speak is Spanish and when Ashley speaks English no one understands her. Ashley gets very confused at times. I had the same problem when I was younger. As a soon to be teacher I believe I have to understand students and be patient with their learning pace. Teacher's have to deal with many things and I think I have to think about many things that make it harder for children to learn so that I can relate to them and learn from things like that to better my teaching.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Project CONNectIONs. : ) 2.11.10 NUMBER 1
Today my cousin came over my house and she was singing a song that had to deal with colors and numbers. Ashely, my cousin was dancing around my house and pointing to things in my house. I asked her if the song she was singing was so that she could remember her colors and numbers. she said yes. I told her if she likes to go to school, she smiled and nodded yes. She explained to me that she has two teachers, one is named Ms. Olivia and the other Ms. Page. Ashley explained to me that her teachers are really nice to her and that she likes it when they teach her games and songs to memorize colors and numbers. Ashley says that she has lots of fun in school and told me she was sad because today there was no school. I told her I did not have school either and I'm upset to. I asked my aunt if she ever practices with Ashley since she does not speak English very well. My aunt said she does not understand when Ashley sings to her and so she just acts like she listens but she has no clue what she's saying. My aunts says it's frustrating when Ashley needs help on some of her homework when she herself has no clue what it's about. I told my aunt that she has to try because I had the same problem with my mother. I'd ask my mother about things from school and she couldn't help me. I realized that it's difficult for children to learn things sometimes because either their parents do not put input into their children's learning or can't because they themselves do not understand. Ashley has a hard time learning the difference between English and Spanish because at home all they speak is Spanish and when Ashley speaks English no one understands her. Ashley gets very confused at times. I had the same problem when I was younger. As a soon to be teacher I believe I have to understand students and be patient with their learning pace. Teacher's have to deal with many things and I think I have to think about many things that make it harder for children to learn so that I can relate to them and learn from things like that to better my teaching.
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I'm sure that Ashley will be okay. My great grandparents came to this country early last century speaking only Yiddish. Their kids learned English without their help. It's a shame that I, their descendant, speak no Yiddish.
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