Real Life Spring 2009 Introduction to Child Development-Main Campus Field Trip to Hidden Villa Farms Instructor: Jeanne Thomas, M.A. As future teachers learning about young children, the students in Introduction to Child Development asked how curriculum for young children should be developed. Specifically, we wondered how should a teacher decide what is taught to preschoolers? We learned in class that curriculum should emerge from the interests of the children. We wondered what a child might find interesting when visiting Hidden Villa located in Los Altos Hills. Looking at the experience through the eyes of preschoolers, we turned back the clock, became preschoolers for a while, and enjoyed ourselves together one fine spring afternoon! Pretending to be preschoolers, we saw lots of chickens which all came running toward us wanting food! Lots and lots of running chickens! Feeding the chickens was really fun until someone got pecked on the foot! There were many animals-chickens and a rooster, brand-new chicks, pigs, cows, a deer and lots of goats. We saw barns, fields, a creek, big birds and tractors. It was a great trip! Our guide showed us how to gallop down the road like horses in our roles as preschoolers. We looked odd but we enjoyed it! Then we returned to Foothill campus, we resumed the role of teachers and brainstormed curriculum ideas that preschoolers might be interested in learning more about after their visit to Hidden Villa. We found many fun activities and educational topics to include in an integrated curriculum study with children all emerging from the children's interests and questions from the field trip. CHLD 56N Introduction to Child Development is one of the 4 Core classes students will take to begin work on a certificate or a degree in Child Development. See the Degree, Certificate and Transfer Link on this web site for more information. Lots of goats...	Hidden Villa organic gardens were spectacular!
	We tasted sugar peas and tomatoes from the gardens-some of us thought the veggies were great!
	Pretending to be preschoolers...
CHLD 91 Supervision and Administration: Adult Supervision Spring 2009 Instructor: Jeanne Thomas, M.A. The Lolladoppa Game These students are collaborating as a work team and are deciding who will get the best office assignment. Other students are playing the role of observers looking at the group's problem solving processes. There was lots of laughing, listening to other people's ideas, learning to deal with other people's expectations and finally functioning successfully as a team. Do you speak Lolladoppa?
CHLD 91 Administration and Supervision: Adult Supervision is a class required for the Program Supervision and Mentoring Certificate of Achievement. This class can be used to complete the adult supervision requirements or the requirement for an administration class for the CA Child Development permit. See Child Development Certificate requirements.

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