Why Not?
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Why Not?
When I started at Bright Horizons I remember one of the first things I was told is “Take whatever previous knowledge of child care you have and block it from your mind. Welcome to a whole new world of childcare”. After being hired I started trainings, orientations, filling out my PDR, hours of Health and Safety courses and reading policies of the Bright Horizons belief statement about the H.E.A.R.T principles. There is one policy I will never forget it was called “Why Not?”. As I read it I remember thinking how it’s impossible to have a successful student from this idea. It discussed using a child's imagination to create your lesson plan. Every time a child was doing something you were encouraged to take a step back, and watch with an open mind and fresh eyes (as long as it was not a safety issue) then think to yourself “Why Not?”. I thought about using child emerging curriculums life this offering students endless options. I could only imagine using this policy in previous experiences I thought to myself there would have been kids hanging from rafters, yelling at each other, throwing toys up into the air, and art materials from floor to ceiling. I soon moved on to the next section of policies without giving it much more thought then “That is one crazy useless policy.”
My first day I started with the same old preexisting theories according to my past child care settings which were not always very nurturing or educational. The idea was basically to please the directors by preventing the students from biting, cookie cutter Art (which is my ultimate peave-I have a BFA in Studio Art with credits in Elementary Art Education), keep the kids from hitting each other, going through the potty procedures as if it were an assembly line, and just survive the day without being hit or pinched too many times. I was young, did not have my own child and still unsure about the age group I was with. I had ages eleven months thru three and a half years old in one room....
When I started at Bright Horizons I remember one of the first things I was told is “Take whatever previous knowledge of child care you have and block it from your mind. Welcome to a whole new world of childcare”. After being hired I started trainings, orientations, filling out my PDR, hours of Health and Safety courses and reading policies of the Bright Horizons belief statement about the H.E.A.R.T principles. There is one policy I will never forget it was called “Why Not?”. As I read it I remember thinking how it’s impossible to have a successful student from this idea. It discussed using a child's imagination to create your lesson plan. Every time a child was doing something you were encouraged to take a step back, and watch with an open mind and fresh eyes (as long as it was not a safety issue) then think to yourself “Why Not?”. I thought about using child emerging curriculums life this offering students endless options. I could only imagine using this policy in previous experiences I thought to myself there would have been kids hanging from rafters, yelling at each other, throwing toys up into the air, and art materials from floor to ceiling. I soon moved on to the next section of policies without giving it much more thought then “That is one crazy useless policy.”
My first day I started with the same old preexisting theories according to my past child care settings which were not always very nurturing or educational. The idea was basically to please the directors by preventing the students from biting, cookie cutter Art (which is my ultimate peave-I have a BFA in Studio Art with credits in Elementary Art Education), keep the kids from hitting each other, going through the potty procedures as if it were an assembly line, and just survive the day without being hit or pinched too many times. I was young, did not have my own child and still unsure about the age group I was with. I had ages eleven months thru three and a half years old in one room....