Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 7/14/2005 6:43:00 PM Author: Terri Subject: The young men I have seen in daycare env... The young men I have seen in daycare environments were always placed in the rooms with the older children. I have never seen them placed in the rooms for infants. I do believe society reserves that place for females and that it is a fairly universal choice. The males placed in the pre-K or school age groups in my experience were usually casual toward curriculum. Often they would become engrossed in typical child play with the boys, or even sit there in front of the video games with them while others in the group were ignored. On the playground, male daycare teachers often play basketball as if they are with their peers. Although the small group of boys in the class who enjoy basketball are thrilled to have an older "playmate", I have found that the interaction simply satisfies the male teachers own desire to "play". Little by litte they regress into more childlike behavior, playing, rough housing, eating, and interacting on a level that is less like a teacher and more like a kid. I also wonder why they would choose to work with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. What is their goal? What is their motivation? Name: Email: Subject

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