Day Care class assistance is the community service I conducted in which I helped assist the class of Ma’am Analiza Rebayla at Fatima-Monfort Day Care Center provides support services in the implementation of early childhood care and development for 5 working days. The class of Ma’am Rebayla consists of 60 students in total of the morning and afternoon sessions. I was assigned in the morning session due to time conflicts in the afternoon, but I was also able to serve both sessions.
Throughout my service, I was able to help Ma’am Rebayla at various duties including rest and lunch and rest periods, helping children who need help with eating, dressing, taking care of day care equipment and other activities. I also assisted children and encouraged them to cooperate during class activities.
During the last day of my assistance service, that was on December 14, me together with Ma’am Rabayla, her daughter, niece, and a good neighbor, prepared things and stuffs that will be using on the party the next day. We wrapped gifts containing candies, pencils, toys and other freebies. And since I only served the class for 5 days, I decided to donate plates and spoons to be used in the party and on the other days if necessary.
It wasn’t my first time to assist a teacher to work with children since I was once a volunteer teacher in our local church’s Summer Kindergarten Program last summer of 2010 and 2011, so I really did not find any hard time helping children in their daily routines, instead I enjoyed and had fun, and Ma’am Rebayla was so good and very accommodating that I didn’t feel any uneasiness at all.