What’s the greatest job in the whole wide world??? You don’t know... It’s being a Child Caregiver!!! I work at Sunnyside Elementary for the YMCA Mission after school program. It’s my first job ever, and I’m proud of myself. I got interested in this field when my teacher, Ms. Schulman, saw that I have a “Knack” for it. She is close friends with Erin Miller, the director of the YMCA Stones town. She told her about me and everything took place from there.
But it wasn’t all good at the beginning. I was scared!!! Why??? I wasn’t ready for life- THE REAL WORLD!!! It just hit me real hard. Out of high school, going to college, suppose to have a job, responsibility, just the whole growing up part. My life seemed like it was moving too fast, not enough time for me. Now that time has passed by… things are great. I called up Ms. Schulman again, let her know that I am interested going in child care, and can she help me make that call to Erin Miller one more time. And she did. I felt like I needed more than just school and homework to fill up my time. Or I felt it was my responsibility.
I’ve been working at Sunnyside for the pass 3 weeks. And I love it. The staff and kids are nice and fun. The staff and I got along really good from the first day. It’s Jocie (The Director), Allan, Chris, Sandra, Tiara, Jennifer (Gigi), and me. The kids are so cute!!! They’re from K- grade to the 5th.
When I get there, the kids are just about to come in. All the kids have to be sited and ready to listen. It’s our little assembly. Then we split the kids up from grade to see who has homework or not. Those from K- grade to 2nd have homework stays in, we help them, and the rest goes out to play on the playground. Then we switch from 3rd grader to 5th grader. Around 3:30 or 4, that’s snack time. We sometimes would have PB & J’s, graham crackers with an apple or cheese, pretzels with cheese, and other foods. The kids would drink milk or apple juice.
I love my job!! Being around the kids, playing, and doing activities like making aquariums with shoe boxes, macaroni mazes, create new games, etc… But I hate yelling for the kids to get there attention when they’re not listen and when they get hurt like falling, getting made fun of, or someone accidentally push or shove them.
What I expect from this job is to give me more experience with kids than I have already. I want to be able to transfer in 2 years to a YMCA in LA so I’m closer to my boyfriend. And plus, I can’t wait to get out of San Francisco.
The Sound of Music- “Do Re Mi”
Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with A-B-C
When you sing you begin with do-re-mi
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
Let's see if I can make it easy
Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long, long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do
So-do!
Now children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so on
are only the tools we use to build a song.
Once you have these notes in your heads,
you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up.
Like this.
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
Can you do that?
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
So Do La Ti Do Re Do
Now, put it all together.
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do
But it doesn't mean anything.
So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this.
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
Together!
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long, long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long, long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to
Do . . . So Do
Re . . . La Fa
Mi . . . Mi Do
Fa . . . Re
So . . . So Do
La . . . La Fa
Ti . . . La So Fa Mi Re
Ti Do - oh - oh Ti Do -- So Do
