AboutSue Expertise I will answer questions in the area of Child Development for children ages two to five. This includes social, emotional, cognitive & language development, large motor & fine motor skills, behavioral issues, potty training and parental concerns. I can give ideas for lesson plans and classroom activities. I will also help with daycare/preschool policies. I can also help with licensing requirements for preschools/daycare, however, I am only familiar with the licensing requirements for the state of Michigan.
Experience I have been teaching in preschools for 25 years. My main experience has been with children two to five years of age. The last 16 years I have been the lead teacher for the pre-kindergarten program.
Organizations NAEYC
Education/Credentials I have a B.S. degree and a teaching certificate in elementary education with a ZA endorsement (child development) from my graduate level classes.
Expert: Sue Date: 5/30/2008 Subject: Questions about ideas and planning for a 3yr old class
Question I start Monday teaching my 3yr old daughters class. I was wondering if you could give me any advice on some things I can do with the kids as well as keeping things good between my daughter and I. I'm very excited yet nervious and will take all and any advice you can give me. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you!
Thanks again
Brooke
Answer Hi Brooke,
The main thing you can do is to have fun and have lots of patience. Make sure they have time for lots of physical activity. Hopefully you have a gym or an outdoor area you can use. Have an art activity everyday, as well as playdough, sand and/or water play and a texture table if you have one available. You can use tubs for these activities. For the texture table put in macaroni and measuring cups or cotton balls and tongs, just about anything you can think of.
Read books, sing songs, do fingerplays. Change the dramatic play area often. It can be a house, a restaurant or a hospital. Don't forget to add interesting items to the block area. Add people, boats, trees, toilet paper tubes--anything to enhance their buildings.
If you have a teacher store in your area, if would be a good idea to go. They will have lots of fun idea books and CD's.
The hard part will be to treat you daughter like one of your students. I had a co-worker who gave her daughter cookies and pop, while the other children had a regular snack. Children act very different when their parents are in the room. I think that's just one of those things that you'll have to see how it goes.
