It was my second time at the setting, the first time I had done a complete day (9am – 5pm). It felt like I had been working there for a long time already. I had met the children and practitioners briefly when I had my induction at the setting, but I had not worked with anyone just yet.

The day started off a little slow and included introducing myself to both the staff and children. The staff asked me questions such as: where I had done work experience before, why I wanted to study early childhood and so on.

The day nursery and Montessori made me realise how important it is for small children to learn basics before they start school. We as adults are such important role models for these children and should take great pride in showing them the norms and values needed in life. During lunch time, O (child aged 3) sat next to me and I started to pour her some spaghetti into her bowl. She stopped me and said “No I do it myself, I know how” I hadn’t known this as I was not expecting the children to be serving themselves.

We completed many activities as a group (usually of about 22 children) in the nursery. Today we did activities including: colouring, painting, drawing, counting. When it came to lunchtime, most of the children were learning how to pour themselves sour and turn taking.