Personal Childhood Web

My Walden assignment for this week has been very interesting. I was able to reflect on my practices as an educator and how important it is for me to have good relationship with the families of the children in my classroom. Throughout my childhood, I have been blessed with people who took care of me and help in shaping who I am. The people are my parents, my brothers, my sister-in-law and my grade three teacher.

   My Late Parents: cared and made sure that I got quality education. My parents were not educated but they knew the value of education. From their small earnings they ensured that I have things I needed and this applies to my brothers too. I was much closer to my dad and I can remember that he always drop me at school when I was in Primary school. My dad always say that, ‘’no child of mine will be brought up by someone else’’. He will rather talk to you than spank you and when he does, he tells me the reason for his actions. He was very hard working and he believed that you can do anything you set your mind on. This has so much impact on my life as I do believe you can do all things and I know the value of education. 

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Lanre Bashorun

My brothers: have always protected me and taken care of me. Sometimes people refer to them as my fathers and they were very much older than me. I am much closer to Lanre Bashorun and he made feel special while growing up. He ensured that I finished my university education when my parents couldn’t continue because of old age. He was always taking me places and he went with me when I wanted to write entrance exam to secondary school. We are still pretty close till date and he is standing in the place of my dad. I remember when I was a teenager, I did not like him because I saw him as someone who didn’t want me to have the kind of friends I wanted to have and do what I wanted. But reverse is the case now as I am very grateful that he didn’t give up on me when I was growing up and I feel so blessed to be his sister. My immediate senior is 16years older than me and he was and still protective of me. I remember that as a teenager, no one especially boys can mess with me. He also took care of me and he washes my clothes when I was growing up. 

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My sister-in-law

My sister-in-law: is very calm and quiet. She also took care of me when growing up. We are still close till date and I see her as my big sister. She cooked for me when growing up and bought things for me. I admire her openness and generosity.

Miss Esubiyi: was my grade 2 teacher. She was very creative and I remember a drama we acted in class when she told us the story of Moses. She taught me for a short time and I was sad when she left. 

My Assignment for this week3

One of the story books I have read with the children in my class this term is " The Bad - Tempered Ladybird by Eric Carle. I love the humour in the story as well as  the moral and social lesson we learnt from reading the Story. I was able to link this to the personal, social and emotional  development of the children. We talked about ( I and the children ) safe ways of dealing with our emotions and how to respond to others who are unfriendly during circle time. I was amazed at their feedback and throughout the week we referred to the story. Here is a picture of the book: 

My Assignment for this week2

For my assignment this week, I have been asked by my instructor to upload and share a few things. The first is an image of a child's drawing and why I like it. I was torn between three of my children's work because of how wonderfully they draw and colour. But alas! Choose I have got to and so I have chosen Zunairah's work. A brief introduction about my classroom and Zunairah. The children in my class were between 3 to 4years old (they are on vacation now, really missing them) and Zunairah is not yet 4. She is very calm and quiet and she always add details to her work. She is not in a hurry to finish up her compare to her peers and so I have learnt to always leave her to finish up especially when drawing or colouring. Here it is:

We read The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs and I asked them to draw what they recall from the story.

Here is her drawing after we read the book Fix-It-Duck.

Her drawing when we read Olivers Vegetables.  I like this because she was able to add her details to the story. 

Vegetables

My assignment for this week.

I took this picture in June this year.

I love this picture. I was told I was a year plus in this picture.

My Story

Hello everyone,

Welcome to my blog. My name is Morenikeji and I am so excited about starting a blog as this is my first time. I am an early years teacher and I enjoy working with children. I read economics for my first degree, stumbled upon teaching and I found out that I love it. I look forward to going to class every day as I know each day is never the same. There is always something new, something to laugh about and something to ponder on. Presently I teach 3 to 4years old and it amazes me the things they say especially during circle time or story time. I have learnt not give up on children and this has helped me in my thinking also. We have a slogan in my classroom, “Don’t give up, try and try again until you get it”. I enjoy the way their face lightens up when they have gotten a concept or able to do something that they have been trying to do for a while. For example, when a child was able to put on his socks and shoes all by himself, the way he shouted, “I did it!”, really gladdened my heart. This and many are some of the reasons I enjoy working with children. To help me in my field and be better professional, I enrolled at Walden University for Masters Early Childhood Studies- Admin, Mgmt and Leadership. The journey has been exciting and challenging at the same and this is my first online course.