Sunday, November 10, 2013

Week 1-My Personal Journey

Hey Everyone! I am looking forward to this simulation! The topic that I chose for my simulation is Potty Training. To go deeper I am looking at what strategies to use in helping children potty train and how potty training affects children socially and emotionally.

The reason why I chose this topic is because I am a toddler teacher with very little experience in potty training. I want to find the best method to use on children and how to create a potty training "program". In the past year many parents have voiced concerns on the toddler program. I came into the toddler position with parents asking my how I am going to do it. I really didn't have any clue. In the past two months I have come up with a plan for children based on what the children's parents want but there are things lagging due to some parents wanting force or some not really worrying. THe problem with both is that these children have to be potty trained before they go to preschool. THe conflicting ideas have created more of a headache. I would love to get a handle on information that deal with potty training and be a source for parents and for other toddler teachers in my school!

This course is been amazing. I feel like I can create a great research project on this topic and become a better researcher in general. I like how the resources have broken down the steps! I am thankful and grateful for these resrouces so far!!!

I am looking forward to reading others process on their topics that they have chosen. Reading everyone's blogs have been interesting. All of your topics are going to be very informative and relatable to the early childhood field and to me as a teacher.

One thing I am going to struggle with is making sure that everything is down with care. I am suggesting to myself and others to get it done with time! Researching cannot be done last minute!!! GOOOD LUCK EVERYONE! LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT 6 WEEKS

1 comment:

  1. Aloha Samantha!

    I have 2 children and my wife bestowed the wonderful duty of potty training on me. Potty training is such a wonderful topic. While working with toddlers and preschoolers it was hard to not do anything so I did my own research and found solutions for parents and myself. I potty trained both my girls in 3-4 days when they were 22 months old. It was such a hard practice but it paid off in the end. If you need any research or have any questions let me know.

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