During this observation I tried to pay close attention to how the children responded to one another. For some reason a lot of the children arrived hungry. For the majority of the observation the only thing you would hear was "when is snack"?
The days play was back to the train table where the children gathered to push their trains on the tracks. There's a child that loves the train table because he has the same exact table at home. The staff mentioned how he sometimes thinks its his table. He pushes children that gets in his way of moving his train on the track. This situation to me is a great situation to start the children off with making a dish that requires each of their help, with the need of sharing what they have to finishing the project. The children will not only be able to build on their social skills but literacy in hearing and responding to the other children as well. With the train station being an issue at times, I would make train cookies of multiple colors that represent the multi-colors of the trains they play with and have each child give their cookie to someone that don't have a cookie before enjoying their own. This activity would help in developing a more cooperative play for the future.
