Log template assignment
- 1. 1 REFLECTIVE PRACTICE GUIDANCE LOGS DATE:Monday March 26th 2012 Guidance Strategy Used: Indirect Guidance OBSERVATION (Observe, identify the problem, examine the context of the problem) On Monday March 26th 2012 there were two infants sitting on the alphabet mat. One of the children named Alexandra who is was playing with a musical leap frog toy and Alexandra seemed to like this toy because of the flashing lights and sounds. Then another child named Greg who is was sitting close by Alexandra at the time was playing with a bed maze toy, when Greg heard the sound that the toy was making he crawled over to Alexandra. When he got over to the toy he was pulling on the toy and then Alexandra tried to pull back the toy and when that wasn’t working Greg reached over and try to grab Alexandra’s hands and Alexandra did the same. The two infants in my observation are both young and now learning to maneuver themselves. The toy that helped contribute to the problemsings the alphabet and has flashing red lights on the antenna of the centipede. I have noticed that other infants are very prone to sounds and lightsthat this toy makes it attracttheir attention very quickly. By Greg trying to take the toys away I as the adult can say “sharing please” or “gentle touching” but infants do not know what these words mean they will just keep on reaching for the same toy. However, it is still better to say these words because it still reinforces and familiarizes the children with these words. The environment of where the children were sitting is a very appropriate area because it was safe and had a toys shelf with many different options of toys to choose from and that’s when I had to make a decision.
- 2. 2 DECISION (Choose a guidance strategy from this course that fits with the problem. Clearly state why the chosen strategy is appropriate for this child/situation) The guidance strategy I chose was indirect guidance because I redirected Greg by shaking and showing him a red rattle. The strategy that I use is appropriate for Greg because he is an infant and of his age. With infants you cannot give punishments, I could have physically removed Greg and place him elsewhere which would be direct guidance, but be wrong for a child that is Greg’s age and it wouldn’t have solved anything because he would cry and struggle to crawl back to the toy but I simply thought of sounds seeing that the sound is what was drawing Greg’s attention. I had used direct guidance-positive verbal guidance by verbally saying to Alexandra and Greg gentle touching and sharing but that did not work seeing as an infant cannot comprehend those words. When speaking to the two infants involved I did not yell I spoke comely and softly to the infants because it was appropriate to do with the situation. Because yelling does not help solve a situation involving infants it will make the infants agitated and cry. ECEP 211Log template 11F
- 3. 3 ACTIONS (Clearly discuss your actions, the child’s response and the results of the guidance strategy) I had reached over to the rattle bin and it took out a red rattle, then I started to shake the rattle close to where the child was. Greg quickly turned his head and tried to crawl and reach to get the rattle. I gave Greg the rattle and he shook it and then started to eat the rattle. The indirect guidance strategy that I used worked because Greg was redirected and forgot about the other toy that Alexandra was playing with. The strategy I chose to use, I would not change the strategy because dealing with infants it is very easy to redirect an infant.
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- 5. 5 Reflect (Specify what went well. Are there some things that you need to change? Why? STRENGTHS After I had made the changes Greg played happily with the rattle until he got tired of the rattle and saw another toy that caught his attention that was lying close to him. My strategy went well overall because Greg and Alexandra did not come into contact with each other anymore by grabbing hands of getting agitated and crying. I would not change any of my strategies simply because of the age group of the 2 infants and my strategy worked well. NEEDS
- 6. 6 Changes Dear Supervising Teacher: Please read and review each guidance log. For each log, please select the appropriate box below. O This log is based on your observations of the student’s actual in practice. O This log is somewhat accurate. O This log is not accurate. Please explain:________________________________ Agency Name: _______________________________________ Agency Phone number: ________________________________ ECE name and signature: _______________________________ Date: __________ Thank you.
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