So, I have not had a chance to post about my family visit because we have had several schedule conflicts and the mother of our case study child has cancelled a lot on us. But, finally today I was able to go to their house in Summerville with Virginia for a few hours. I was so nervous at first because I always think that it is uncomfortable to go into someone's house that you do not know very well. But the visit ended up going great! Mrs. McMann allowed for us to ask her all kinds of questions and we were able to find out so much information about Charlotet's family life and home routines.
Charlotte especially loved our book bags that we gave her. I thought this was a great idea to do this project because it was nice to not only have something special to bring the case study child and do with her, but something that could break the ice as well. We each read our books with Charlotte and played our games with her and she loved it! She also showed us around her playroom and her room and she showed us all of her collections. It really makes you understand why home visits are so important for the first year of school because you are able to tell so much about a family and how it runs just by being in their house for a few minutes. I was able to gain a lot of insight on Charlotte by going to her house and ended up really enjoying the experience even though it was not something I felt comfortable doing at first.
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Betsy -
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome that you got to read your book and do your book activities with your child! What activities and books did you and Virginia give her? I met with my family long before I had prepared my book activity but the other day while inside the classroom my child pulled out the book I had given her! A huge smile spread across my face and I said "Where did you get that book from?" and she said "You!" I was very excited to see that she liked it so much that she had it with her AND that she remembered that I had given it to her!! I think the home visit was definitely the most beneficial project of this semester.