By: Phyllis Elizabeth Holloway
In this post you will find a video reflection based off of my previous Step By Step volunteering experience. It seems like each time I go I just fall more and more in love with these kids. I absolutely adore spending time with them, and I cannot wait to go every other week. Also, this video will show me going through that caterpillar I mentioned in my first blog post... Maybe this will give you a better idea of how hilarious I look while playing with these kids.
I think it's awesome that the kids warmed up to you so quickly! Do you think that it's hard to get the other children to warm up? What techniques do you use to help get kids to open up to you?
ReplyDeleteThere is a huge difference in each child and how quickly they warm up to us each week. One of the young girls comes in bursting with laughter and doesn't take any time to warm up at all. The little boy this video focuses on takes a little bit more than just walking in. The week this video was made, you can see him slowly warm up to me by the end of our time together. The next Step By Step session, he came in and immediately wanted to play with me. The kids definitely can sense the feeling of security and love. By giving these kids opportunities to build self-confidence we really get them to open up to us. Playing together and finding something we have in common is huge. The little boy shown in this video really got hooked when we started sharing things about dogs. I showed him pictures of my dog back home, and he fell in love with it! He opened up very quickly when I made him feel comfortable and confident.
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