PART C

This observation was carried out in a kindergarten which located in Keningau,

named Tadika Sabah Chinese Association. I have used 5 days to undergo this
observation for reaching the result that I searching for. Each day of the observation
for each child was lasted for 20 minutes. Permission was asked to the school principal
before I start to carry out this observation. The children who are the participants in
this observation were treated with respect and kindness before, during and after the
observation.

In this observation, I have choose 2 kids from my class, a boy and a girl, to
become the subject in my observation. The main objective of this observation is to
observe their ways of interact with the other kids and adults. Both of the kids are in
the same age, which is 4 years old, in class 4 Ungu. The name of the boy that I
observed is Max Chu, while the name of the girl which I observed is Averie.

Max, the boy who I observed is 4 years old. On the first day, 12th July 2019
Friday, Max came in to class with moody. At that time, he was very quite. When the
class began, he seems like less active in the lesson. When teacher give them playing
mix and match letter card game, he did not join his group for the activity. He hide
himself in corner and remain silent alone. One of his group member, Sharon said
“Come, join us and play together with us. It’s very fun.”. Sharon wanted to pull him
into their group and play together, but Max refused and pushed her away.

I saw the pull and push among the two kids. I direct go and tell Max that is okay
if he refused to. However, he could changed his pushing action to verbally speak out
for showing that he don’t want. Then, I continue asked Max for the reason. He then
softly told me that he poo on his pants. That’s why he feel shy and refused to join the
group. However, he still very quite and inactive after I have helped him to clean his
pants.
 On the second day of observation, 15th July 2019 Monday, Max came in the class
with a sleepy face. Today he was quite too. During colouring lesson, every children
were focus on their colouring worksheet. But only Max keep looking at left and right,
it was just like he was finding something. I asked him what was happened, but he did
not answered my question. He just lower his head and continue his colouring.

However, when I go near him and look at his colouring worksheet. I was
surprised by his work. This is because there was only 1 colour on his colouring
worksheet, pencil gray colour. He only used his pencil to do his colouring. Then I
asked him “Why do you use your pencil for colouring?”. At first, he just remain silent.
After I asked for a few times, he finally answered me that he forget to bring his own
colour pencils.

Thus, I told Max to borrow colour pencils from his peers. Cindy, the girl who sit
beside him, willing to lend her colour pencils to him. She said, “There you go Max, I
lend you mine.”. However, Max replied, “I don’t want.”. He feel shy and did not
accept. But then he moved his face to another side and borrow with the boy who sit
another side to him. Finally he successfully borrowed colour pencils and done his
colouring.

On the third day of observation, 16th July 2019 Tuesday, Max came into the class
moody. Even I greet with him and said “Good morning Max”, but he didn’t replied
and remain silent only. That day lesson was singing lesson. When the music start, the
other children sing along with the music, and so do Max. I feel glad that he was
singing at that time. However, when I walked near to him, I found that he was only
moving his lips but there was no any voice and sound came out from him.
 After that, when I requested all the children to queue up and form 2 lines at the
front of the classroom, the other children seems like happy with it. During this section,
Max was a bit slower and only left some empty space for him in the front line.
However, he still moved to the back line and said to his peer, “I want to stand here.”.
“But I came here first.” his peer replied. Max said, “I don’t want standing at front. Let
me here at the back.”. He squeezed in the back line.

On the fourth day of observation, 17th July Wednesday, Max came into the
classroom in a good mood. He greet me with a big smile on his face. However, he did
not greet his peers. I think the reason why Max was in good mood on that day because
of he knew that day lesson contained of sports, his favourite lesson. Therefore, on that
time, Max was the first one to line up for going out classroom. But, when the kid who
queue behind him was a girl, he told the girl to change place with another boy. He
said, “I don’t want you queue behind me, go change place with him.”

This situation was getting serious when I undergoing the three-legged race. All of
the children divided into a group of 3 persons. In Max group, there were 1 girl and 2
boys included Max. He refused to join in the group. He came to me and said,
“Teacher, I don’t want in that group, I don’t want same group with Shirley.”. then I
asked him back, “Then, you wish to group with who else?” Max replied me, “I want
to group with Kelvin and Robert. ” Kelvin and Robert were boys. At the end, I have to
do as Max’s request by let him grouping with them.

On the fifth day of observation, 18th July 2019 Thursday, the last day of
observation, I have choose their recess time to do the observation. During they recess
time, they eat their foods. For those who finished their food, they can go play toys if
there is still have time. After Max finished his food, he go play toys alone. I went near
him and see what was he playing. He play pretend game and interact with the toys as
if they were alive.
 Then, I asked him, “What are you playing, Max?”. He replied me, “Hero and the
Bad guy.”. I continue asked him, “Why are you playing this game alone?”. But Max
replied me, “No, I am not playing alone. Actually I am playing with Tom.” at that
time, I feel weird because there is no Tom in our class. So, I asked him who is Tom.
Max said “Oh teacher, Tom actually is my fake friend, I just imagine him.”. Actually,
this “Tom” is Max’s imaginary friend.

In conclusion, looking at my results of Max’s observation, I found that most of

the time Max don’t like together with girls. He seems like don’t like be friend with the
girls. For example, he more prefer to borrow colour pencils with another boy, rather
from the girl who willing to lent him colour pencils. Same situation goes to grouping
activities. He rather to grouping with boys than girls.

Actually this situation is normal to a preschool kids. Boys tend to be friends with
boys, and same thing goes to the girls. The preference for same gender friends will
emerges as soon as grown up. Thus, as teacher, I have to provide more opportunities
for the children to play positively with both boys and girls in mixed- gender groups.
This is because mix-gender group can provide a safe place for learning about
similarities and differences across gender.

Besides that, I also found that Max is counted as withdrawn-rejected children.

This is because he very shy, fear of being laughed at or teased by their peers. This will
resulting he don’t want to make more effort to make friends and instead choose to be
alone. For example, Max remain silent although he poo on his pants. He feel shy and
fear of being laughed by other children. After this situation, he become more obvious
when he keep choosing to queue up in the back line.

As teacher to help Max, first I have to work with him to determine his strengths
and interests. Then by slowly build on those strengths through engagement in after
school programs. On the other hand, I have to praise him if he done a great job. Not
only just praise, I have to explain to him how and why that was good. And of course,
most important is I have to listen to his feeling, giving him support and love, build up
his confidence.

The second kid that I have observed was a 4 years old girl named Averie. On the
first day of observation, 12th July 2019 Friday, Averie came into the class with a big
smile. She said “Good morning, teacher.” During the mix and match letter card game,
she is one of the active kid as usual,who keep wanted to trying the game. She did not
feel shy to share her answers to her group members, even also to the other children
who not in her group.

When I knew that Max was poo on his pants, the children actually are also knew
it. This is because they can smell it. At the moment before I wanted to bring Max go
toilet, Averie volunteer herself to help me bring him go to toilet and wash his pants.
However Max is a boy and Averie is girl, therefore it is not suitable. Therefore, at that
time, I asked Averie to help me another thing, that is help me to clean up Max’s chair.
At the end, she has done a great job by cleaning the chair without any antipathy.

On the second day of observation, 15th July 2019 Monday, Averie came in to
class and greet me with her big smile as usual. Before the colouring lesson started, she
feel very excited. She volunteer herself to help me on giving the colouring worksheet
to the other children. She remembered what I have told them to bring, that is their
own crayon or colour pencils. When the lesson started, I noticed that she whisper to
the kid who sat beside her, and said “You see, this is my new crayon. My mother buy
it for me.”. Then, the kid just said “Wow!”.

During the colouring session, same as the other children, she also colour the
worksheet quietly. But when I go near to her, actually she was not really very “quiet”.
This is because she was humming a song as she colouring the worksheet. Then I
asked her, “What song is you humming?”. She answered me, “Oh teacher, baby
shark.”. “Why you humming like this?” I asked her again. She replied me, “Because I
am very happy today.”

On the third day of observation, 16th July 2019 Tuesday, as usual, she came into
the class and say morning to me. Smile on her face shine like always. The lesson of
that day was singing lesson. When the music start, she sing along with the other
children. After I go around the class, I found that she was the one who sing the most
loudly. Although some words she pronounced it wrong, but she still sing it out loud. I
think this is because she loves music and singing.
 After that, when I requested all of them to queue up at the front of classroom, she
did not refused to do so. Children were queue up in 2 lines, front line and back line,
due to the classroom size is not big enough. I found that Averie wanted to stand in the
front line. Same as Max, she squeezed herself in the line. She pushed the other
children to aside, so that there will be an empty space for her. The kid that she pushed
was fall on floor.

However, when she noticed that I was looking at her at that time, she realized that
she was doing something wrong. She quickly pull the kid stand up. “Sorry, Jacky.”
she apologized to the kid. “Okay, but don’t do again next time ya.”, the kid replied to
her by copying what teacher always say. At the moment, I feel very funny because the
kid even say it in “teacher” tone.

On the fourth day of observation, 17th July 2019 Wednesday, Averie has
something different on that day. She came in and greet me as usual, but today she did
not having smile on her face. I think the reason why she feel less active because of she
knew that day we will having outdoor sports activity, that she dislike. When they
queue up to going out from the classroom, she queue up slowly, pretend “sick” face,
because of she don’t want to go out.

During the lesson, she always stay at the behind of queue. I found that she was
also keep avoiding eye contact with me at that time. While waiting for her turn, she
did not communicate to the other children. She only keep playing her own fingers by
herself. When it was her turn to play, she did not tried her best to do the activity. She
was just do it because of teacher said so.

On the last day, fifth day of observation, 18th July 2019 Thursday, I have choose
their rest time to do the observation. During the rest time, all children were given their
foods to eat. As usual, Averie was one of the child that can eat meals properly by
herself. She even can use chopstick to eat the mee that have been prepared. After she
done with her meal, she came to me and ask, “Teacher, can I have more tissues?”. I
gave her few pieces of tissues and look forward what she was going to do. I found that
she used the tissues that I gave to her to clean up her table.

However, she did not used all of the tissues, she move to the girl who sat beside
her. She help the girl wipe her mouth by using the remaining tissues. She said to that
girl, “U see u see, your mouth is dirty.”. The girl then replied, “Opps, that mee is very
nice until I don’t know my mouth dirty.” At that moment, I smile. I laugh not because
of the wrong and poor grammar that they used, but the reason is both of them are just
like the real sisters who will take care of each other. And this make my heart feel
warm.

In conclusion, looking at my results of Averie’s observation, I found that she is a

active learner in the classroom. She is always excited look forward to what teacher
will teach for that day. For example, she always volunteer herself for doing some
modelling with teacher, or helping teacher to do something. She has a good attitude in
classroom.

However, when the lesson come to sports, I found that she did not like to sport.
And this is the only one lesson that she dislike. Although I asked for her reason for
many times, but still she not telling me. Until I discuss with her mother, I only knew
that she broke her nose before because of fall on floor during playing seesaw with her
brother in the past.
 Besides that, she also is a kid who like to giving helps to the other. For example,
she wish to help Max to clean his pants. Although she is girl and Max is a boy, but
she did not shy, because she just intend to help him. Another example during the last
day, she help to wipe another kid mouth after they have done eating their meal. She
did not care about will her hand get dirty or not.

This kind of helping each other behavior will definitely helps the children in their
socialization. Not only that, helping each other also will let the children know that
friendships is very important, and it is far more valuable than being popular. Step by
step, as teacher, I can let her to join the withdrawn-rejected children group. Besides of
helping the withdrawn-rejected children, Averie also will learn to show empathy. By
mixing them together, they will learn to show empathy which involves seeing things
from another child’s perspective.

Last but not least, as teacher, I really have to teach Averie about learning how to
use verbal rather than action. This is because she rather to push her friend when queue
than asking properly. Therefore, I have to be a model for the children by showing
them to say “please” and “thank you” in daily interact. Positive communication can
helps to prevent being aggressive. To avoid that happening, I have to let the children
understand how other will feel. For example, I can guide the children take a deep
breath and have some time to think what he or she should do.

Conclusion, socialization is a lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating

norms, customs and ideologies, proving an individual with skills and habits necessary
for participating within his or her own society. Therefore, socialization for a child is
very important because it sets the groundwork for all future socialization.