I would like to thank all of you for your support and insight over the last eight weeks and many of you much longer than that. I have learned valuable knowledge about early childhood from your personal experiences and the information each of you have shared. I wish you all much success and happiness on your professional paths. May your dreams be achieved and your lives be filled with many blessings during the holidays and throughout the year.
Hopefully, I will work with some of you again as we begin our specializations, but for those who will go separate ways, good luck. Continue to be a learner and advocate of early education!
Happy holidays to all! Enjoy the time with family and friends!
Tabitha
Monday, December 19, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
The Adjourning Phase
The adjourning stage to me is usually one that is bittersweet. There is usually an accomplishment that I am proud of and glad to have completed, but it is always difficult for me to leave the relationships that have been built in the process. There are many examples of groups we have all been a part of, but the ones that are hardest to say goodbye are the ones that I have been apart of the longest and created the closest friendships.
My high school graduating class is a group that I grew up with all through school. Although we were not always in a specific group, we worked on different projects and assignments throughout school. To me, high school graduation was one of the saddest days of my life. I was happy to start a new chapter, but extremely sad to be going separate ways from all of my childhood friends. The adjourning of this special group was so hard because of the relationships I had built within this group. This happened again when gradating from college. The group of my close education graduating class had traveled together through many of our education classes and learned a great deal from each other. Again, the adjourning of this group was hard for me. Many of my friends graduated and moved back to their hometowns and only a few do I communicate with today. As I look forward to graduating yet again from my Master's program, I feel that I have learned a lot from this group as well. However, with this group I have not had personal contact with anyone and only conversed through class discussion, so the adjourning process will be more of a celebration with my classmates this time. I look forward to celebrating this accomplishment with my classmates.
My high school graduating class is a group that I grew up with all through school. Although we were not always in a specific group, we worked on different projects and assignments throughout school. To me, high school graduation was one of the saddest days of my life. I was happy to start a new chapter, but extremely sad to be going separate ways from all of my childhood friends. The adjourning of this special group was so hard because of the relationships I had built within this group. This happened again when gradating from college. The group of my close education graduating class had traveled together through many of our education classes and learned a great deal from each other. Again, the adjourning of this group was hard for me. Many of my friends graduated and moved back to their hometowns and only a few do I communicate with today. As I look forward to graduating yet again from my Master's program, I feel that I have learned a lot from this group as well. However, with this group I have not had personal contact with anyone and only conversed through class discussion, so the adjourning process will be more of a celebration with my classmates this time. I look forward to celebrating this accomplishment with my classmates.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Conflict Management
My husband and I recently had a disagreement on our Christmas budget. In my opinion, he would spend twice as much on our children as I would. Yes, I know that sounds weird; however, I come from a family of seven children and material possessions were limited. Don't get me wrong, I love to buy for my babies, and I feel they get more than enough on Christmas and birthdays, but if I left it up to my husband, they would get even more. It is extremely important to me that my children understand that they are blessed and that some children are not as privileged as they are. We both want to raise our children to give to those less fortunate, so why not buy a little less for our children, and give a little more to children who will not get any Christmas.
We used a few strategies during this discussion that were important to help us come to an agreement on how we wanted to spend our money on Christmas this year. First, we both shared our ideas and we both had to use effective listening. Interrupting and getting upset was not going to help the situation. After listening to both sides, we decided that we would compromise and make a list of things that each of us wanted to get the kids. This list included gifts that we both wanted them to have and a few gifts for the whole family. We then discussed how much we would spend on each angel that we picked from the tree at church. At the end of our discussion, I felt that we got a lot accomplished and that both our children and the other children would benefit from effective communication in the Krueger household. I was a happy lady!
We used a few strategies during this discussion that were important to help us come to an agreement on how we wanted to spend our money on Christmas this year. First, we both shared our ideas and we both had to use effective listening. Interrupting and getting upset was not going to help the situation. After listening to both sides, we decided that we would compromise and make a list of things that each of us wanted to get the kids. This list included gifts that we both wanted them to have and a few gifts for the whole family. We then discussed how much we would spend on each angel that we picked from the tree at church. At the end of our discussion, I felt that we got a lot accomplished and that both our children and the other children would benefit from effective communication in the Krueger household. I was a happy lady!
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