The author reflects that their strength is making correct decisions when disciplining children and having patience when children need time to accept limits. They build good relationships with children through positive communication and expectations, which leads to willing cooperation. Going forward, the author plans to bring more toys to avoid fights, use redirection strategies, record observations of social skills, and have another teacher observe interactions to reflect on how their personality impacts guiding children.

1. Reflection
My strength is that I can make correct decision when I meet discipline
encounter, and I can confront with children. I am patient when children take
time to accept limit. I use positive words to tell children what is my expectation.
I build good relationship with children, and willingly cooperate with me because
they trust me when I love them genuinely. I explain the reason of the rule and
help them understand. I am highly responsive to children. I use firm voice and
facial expression to communicate with them.
Next time, I will bring more toys to daycare to avoid fighting. I will use
redirection strategy by offering another choice to children. I will write down
event sampling to observe turn taking skill, and analyze children’ temperament.
Based on my observation, I can use different strategies to guide children
effectively. I will let another teacher write down the observation when I interact
with children in order to reflecting “on how my personality, temperament and
moods impacts my ability to guide children effective” (Week1 handout).