So far, I have thoroughly enjoyed working in a guardería for my practica. It is a school for children between 0 and 3 years. As the guardería serves as one of the first institutions of learning for young children, next to their families, I believe that my internship will provide valuable insight into some of the basic values of the Spanish society.
Most of my time has been spent working with the 1 to 1 ½ year olds. As to be expected, some of the kids were unsure in the beginning what to think of me since I was someone new while others warmed up to me rather quickly. During certain parts of the day, all the children play together, allowing me to observe the different age groups. It has been quite interesting to see the development of the different ages and I hope to learn more ways to foster their learning. Also, if you think that understanding the Andaluz accent is tough, try understanding babies babbling in Spanish – quite difficult at times!
The Spanish children in the guardería are already beginning to learn English from an instructor who visits the school once a week to give hour lessons. I’m not there on the day that he comes, but the kids are fascinated to hear me speak in English such as when I sing English songs to them and love to demonstrate that they know simple words such as hello. This is one big difference that exists between
Another thing that I have noticed is that the Spanish are very insistent that the children learn to write with their right hand. Many times they color, and the teacher makes a big deal of showing them to color with their right hand while holding the paper down firmly with their left. If a child begins to color with the left hand, the teacher quickly corrects him or her and places the crayon back in the right hand.
~Lindsey
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