Relationship Reflection

Meaningful positive relationships consist of open communication, positive encouragement, motivation, empathy, compromise, and support.  My family is awesome. My mom, dad, and sister are very supportive and non judgmental. Also I have friends know since preschool and grade school. They are very encouraging. We encourage each other and up lift one another by listening, giving non judging feedback, being honest, and just protecting and loving one another. Positive relationships are crucial to the development of young children so it is very important for educators to establish these relationships with students and their families.

Relationships are better when both parties have a respect and eventually trust in one another.  Both parities should respect each others culture and way of life.  Positive relationships involves growth and effective change. Both parties are good for one another and they learn from each other. Relationships consist of reflection and feedback to reflect growth.  All relationships are important whether positive or negative. We learn form them. We have a relationship with our parents, siblings, external families, teachers, and friends. As early childhood educators we have the power to attempt to start positive relationships with our students. Encouraging parents to take part in activities at school and be involve with thier child's edcaution helps build school based relationships.

Challenging relationships are very important in all of our lives. This is a to learn how to use our skills of patience, empathy, respect, and love to connect with an individual or group that is hard to connect with.  Sometimes it could be our own cultural bias, language barriers or unacceptable, disruptive behaviors. When faced with this as a teacher, we learn a lot about our self and what we need to learn and put to use what we already know. I remember I have a 2 year old Chinese boy who did not speak English and his parents did not speak it well. This language barrier made it difficult to build a relationship with the boy and his parents.  Making that connection with that family was worth the struggle and challenge and in the process my co teacher and I learned a lot about their culture and how to effectively communicate with English Language Learners.