Rotation 6: Dealey Child Care Center

I spent the last week being called Miss Amber =) I was the most popular person on the playground. I had double lines with about a 10 minute wait to be pushed on the swings and was forced to play Duck-Duck-Goose and Ring Around the Rosie. The Dealey Child Care Center is located right on the hospital campus and provides care for children of the hospital staff, ages six weeks to five years, and also has a unit for mildly ill school-age children. The four day rotation was focussed on nutritional needs and feeding methods for children during these important developmental years. I did a lot of observing of the 3-5 year-old kids during their snack and lunch time. It was a very fun week , but the homework load was overwhelming. I'm a little behind. I had (still have) to evaluate a weeks menu, log the temperatures of food served, evaluate family style food service, do an inservice for food service staff, do a lesson plan for the kids, annotate two nutrition articles, evaluate three kid's nutrient intake for two days, observe, compare, and evaluate kids to standard growth charts, write an article for the parent newsletter, write an ethical situation summary, and finally evaluate myself. Also, I am hoping that I don't get sick.

The letter of the week was 'W'. The teacher has the kids bring in something from home that starts with the letter of the week for show and tell on Fridays. During circle time we all went around saying things that we would bring. I said I would bring a Whisk. One little boy shouted, "I'm gonna bring Whiskers." Then another boy shouted, "I'm gonna bring WHISKEY!"

I wore my hair curly on Tuesday and a 4-year-old girl said to me, "Your hair looks messy today Miss Amber." Kids really do say the darndest things =)