march 18

today i worked on the outline for my semester project.

included here:

Preschool Project

1. Meet with parent to explain project/ ideas and work out a schedule/ compromises.

Answer any questions the parent might have.

2. Meet with the child. Play a game/ get to know him or her, while he/ she is getting

comfortable, explain sort-of what you are doing.

3. 1^st Meeting with Child:

(take pictures, document, record)

-Get to know better

-Ask leading questions about what happened in the last year of their life. Try to get a chronological order- look at the good and bad/ lessons learned etc.

-How did they feel?

- Draw pictures/ color- Allow the child to illustrate their feelings

4. 2^nd Meeting with Child:

(Pictures, document, record)

-Talk about last meeting

-Act out some of the events, role-play

-Organize the events, add any details

-Talk to the child about what you are going to do next time (field trip)

5. 3^rd Meeting with Child:

(documentation)

-Go to different locations to “re-enact” the events

-Pick the best pictures (with the Child), the ones that the child responds to the

best and begin to formulate an unifying theme- creating a sort of scrapbook

6. Create the book (according to Bjerke’s plan).

7. Review it with the Child (also according to Bjerke’s plan).

8. Create a final summary/ thesis type essay and make an interactive (web-ready) copy of

the book. Post to website with student’s journal or the process and steps.