Demonstrate understanding of how to interact and communicate with adults in a childcare setting.

However when talking to owner/manager and the deputy manager my whole manner would change as they are on the top of the hierarchy so it come as an instinct that I would have to speak to them formally and make sure I would choose certain topics to talk about which were suitable. This made me uncomfortable as I am not used to talking formally a lot of the time and this had to be done in this situation. I had to be wary that I did not say anything which was insensitive and thoughtless so therefore this delayed my communication as I had to speak slowly and think about what I was going to say next. After the firs week I got used to talking formally with my supervisor who was the deputy manager and this made it easier for me to talk to her about certain things and also she didn’t mind when I began talking a little informally to her as well.

Talking to the children is completely different to whilst I was talking to the staff as many things change. When talking to an adult I would usually talk using long words which would be hard for the children to understand and function and I would take to them both formally and informally depends on who the member of staff was. When talking to children at the nursery hand gestures had to be used so children understand and take in what is being said to them, also I would have to get down to their level so they would participate more and this made them listen to myself and other staff when myself and other staff did not get down to the child’s height when talking to them they would run riot as the child thought that it was not important to listen to what was being said.

As staff saw me as a new worker looking after their child, I would greet them every morning when their child would come for the day by giving a warm welcome to them and the child and interacting with them talking about things what had gone on the day before, at first most of the parents were reluctant to come and talk me to I have always thought this is to be down to confidence and trust and yet they did not know nothing about me and where I had come from. So therefore to gain trust and confidence with the parents I considered that I had to get to know the children better and get involved with them more over the short time period I was there. Most children were keen to get to know me and excited that there was a new worker in the surrounding so therefore it made it easier for me to get to know the children as all wanted me to see what they had done and what work was produced to so there at this time praise was given to the children to encourage them further and most importantly to make them proud of themselves.

As the days progressed on children began talking to their parents about me saying how I would give them praise and how I would always play with them so therefore this lead to more parents talking to me and asking things such as how their child had done on that certain day and what target would be set for the next day, as the trust began to settle with myself and the parents, they began to trust me with things such as confidential information, for example if a parent wanted to tell me something  confidential I would have said to them in a nice manner to take it up with the deputy manager who was mostly in charge of important information. I would have said this tot the parents because if any information leaked I would have not wanted to be blamed for something which I did not do and also as I was on work placement for just two weeks it did not concern me and what had to be done next with that certain child.