Being careful and safe may have its ups and downs, but I wonder how teachers would teach if being safe and careful was not a factor.

When I reread the questions that I answered from week four, I noticed not much of a change. I may look at things a little differently now, since I have learned much about Reggio Emilia, but my thoughts haven't changed very much about my answers to the questions. I chose "Who is Laura?" and "October 2: The Apple in the Kitchen" for the questions to answer. I think there are pictures of the teachers on the pages, because they are together in the process of teaching the children. They collaborate together to make it possible for their children to learn and grow in every way possible. Now that I look back on the first couple of pages, I realize the introduction is called Setting the Scene. This is showing what the environment looks like and who is part of the environment. The people who are in the pictures is probably the teachers who wrote the diary of Laura. I noticed that one thing changed about my answer to one of the questions. I just started working full time in a three year old classroom last week and we have to get to know the children and their families so well so we can build a relationship with them. We need to know everything about their child, because they are only three years old; they are still so young. We are potty training them and teaching them the basics of just holding cups and forks and pouring milk. We need to establish a good relationship with their parents so they are able to trust us with their little one and also so there is consistency at home and school.

There is a picture in my director's office of children walking by a cliff. The picture was taken in the 80's and she was telling me that times were different back then where we could do pretty much everything. Nowadays, everything is about safety and being careful. It's kind of sad actually that we have to shelter children so much that they are not allowed to do certain things. We usually have a little field trip to our kitchen and everything is so regulated that we have to all wear covered shoes and hair nets. Children would never be allowed in the kitchen when the cooks are making our school's food. It's actually too bad, it could be a great experience for the children. I am still not too sure why the teacher left the two children in the kitchen. But it seemed like the children loved the experience of being allowed to be in there. Being careful and safe may have its ups and downs, but I wonder how teachers would teach if being safe and careful was not a factor.