What do kids at preschool do during circle time?

Question

i am a childhood development student.i am supposed to observe a circle time and report to my teacher but i dont have access to it. can anyone tell what do teachers and kids generally do during circle time?

Answer 1

Circle time is where all the children sit in a circle and are able to discuss there daily activities or what they have been doing at the weekend. To control this you can have an object that the child's holds when it is there turn to speak. Children can only tell there news when holding the object this is encourages language and communicating skills and encourages the other children to become good listeners.

Answer 2

Children sit, usually, in a circle, which allows them to (almost) face each other. They talk about what they did in the weekend, they say "good-morning", share ideas, talk about their problems, plan the day's work, talk about the weather, sing songs...

Most of all, it's a place/time where children share and can improve their language skills.

Answer 3

sorry to be so tough on you but instead of asking for people to do your work for you, you need to get off the computer and read your textbooks, review your notes and do it yourself , youre not always going to have someone to do your work for you

Answer 4

It depends on the age, the school, and the teacher.

My kids are three and five.

Circle time is when they do show and tell, talk about what day it is, what the weather is like outside, what they did the night before....  After getting back from the weekend, or a holiday, they share what they did.  It's also the time of day duties are assigned (holding the flag during the pledge of allegience, feeding the class pet, leading the class to the cafeteria, etc.)

Answer 5

To get a good grasp of this you need to observe for yourself.  I will tell you what my circle looks like.

circle A: Children gather and sing welcome song, we talk about the weather, we do calendar (patterning and counting/numeral recognition), shared writing.

I try to make circle interactive.  Young children have about a 3 minute attention span so you have to move quick or you will lose them.

Circle B:  Story circle... I invite them over with a song (transition) and then I introduce the story.  I talk about the parts of the book (spine, front cover, back cover, blurb etc..) I talk about the title, author and illustrator and then we begin reading.  I ask open ended questions while reading to engage the children in the story.  When the story is over we talk about what we read. Sometimes I will also do flannel stories, songs, music and movement, fingerplays, puppets etc.

When circle is over I use songs or finger plays to transition kids to the next activity.

Everyone does this differently.  You should go observe so that you have a good idea of what a typical circle looks like.

Good luck and I hope this helps.

Answer 6

i would tell you but you need to get hooked up with a Pre-K and see for yourself.

Answer 7

There are some wonderful answers on this board! I teach 3 year olds. In my class we have several "circle times" including: Greeting time circle, music circle, story circle and good-bye time.  

Usually children are a lot more focused in the morning so I do the big stuff in the greeting time. We sing a theme song for the week, choose a helper to tell about the weather, put the calendar date on the calendar and do roll call (when the child is called, they collect their "passport" which is essentually a calendar book where they can put stickers on the correct date. This helps them to be able to recognize and find numbers). Once in awhile we also have a show and tell time as well. We make a schedual for each child and on their day, they can bring something from home to talk about with the class. Since my students are ESL (learning English for the first time) we do this "interview" style so they don`t have to come up with all the words on their own.  We pass around a toy microphone to each student afterwards so they can ask questions or make comments about the show and tell.  Circle time is finished once everyone puts their passports back the basket and lines up to go to the toilet!

Answer 8

I have been in childcare for 16 years and I love circle time. It is great to start with a day of the week song then talk about the calendar, and the weather. You then can go into your classroom theme and use books, fingerplays and pictures to help with this. Depending on the age of the preschoolers you can chart answers to questions to go with your themes. Ask lots of open ended questions-questions that start with "w". Then highlight what will be happening in the class during area time.

Answer 9

You don't have any preschools around you where you can visit? Preschools that might be around you: Goddard, Kindercare, Primrose Academy, La Petitte, Children's World, and church preschools. Contact a preschool and let them know that you are a student that needs to do some observations. Ask if you can join for a morning to get the info you need. Chances are, they'll be willing to help you out. Put some effort into your assignment... if you are still having problems being able to observe in a school, let me know and I'll give you a general overview of what some teachers do during circle time.

Answer 10

I taught pre-school for 10+ years and we used to:

Have a large calendar posted on a wall with pre-cut out shapes (example: bunnies for April) with numbers on them. one child is chosen to be the teacher's 'helper' (usually off a pre-assigned chart) this child chooses the appropriate number of the day and pins or tapes it on the calendar.

as a  class we would read off the days of the week.

ask  class what month it is.

what letter does April start with?

go over a basic chart of colors/numbers/letters(depending on class age)

sing afew songs:

afew pre-school favorites are:

"3 little monkeys jumping on the bed"

"twinkle twinkle little star"

"head, shoulder, knees and toes"

"3 little ducks"

"ABC's"

read a story

Monday's are good for 'sharing' what you did over the weekend

Answer 11

Kids sit on the carpet,in a circle,facing the teacher.If its the beginning of the week,teacher asks them one by one what did they do during the weekend.On other days,teacher would fix one day on which everyone can bring their favorite toy or a book and tell the class about it.

They also talk about their personal likes and dislikes about current weather,some food/drink/colour/ certain clothes during circle time.

Its often the most favourite time at school for many after lunch!

Daily duties are assigned during circle time.

Calender is taught.

Kids feel sad when circle time is announced to be over!

It is set aside mainly to help kids learn how to participate in group discussion,wait for their turn to speak,be a good listener when someone is speaking,share each other's passions,get to know each other...etc  

Hope it helps!

Answer 12

children will sit on the ground and this will be basicly their time.  You might read a story to them, do a share time.  Teach them a fun interactive song for example: Wheels on the bus with motions. let them have fun.  You should always be in control though,  dont let them go crazy, its their time but it shouldnt get out of hand.  But definetly dont let them sit there the whole time... their in preschool!  

Have fun... GOOD LUCK!!!