Head Start: Observation

I learned so many things while doing this interview. It was fun interviewing the people I did and learning things I didn’t know. Head Start is a great program for any child, it teaches many life skills. I’m glad we did this interview because it made me realize how important Head Start is for children. The first parent I interviewed was my neighbor back in George, Iowa. Her name is Carla Rokusek, she has three kids. A six year old girl, a 5 year old boy, and another 1 year old little boy. Her daughter was already in the Head Start program and her son is in it right now. I asked Carla why her kids where in the Head Start program? She told me it was because she wanted to her kids to start learning things early. Such as eating at the table with children, learning your manners, and learning how to share with others. A of these things they don’t like to do at home because they don’t like to listen …show more content…
She has two kid’s one in first grade and one in Head Start. I asked her why she put Emily in Head Start. She said it’s a great program for the children to learn new things every day. Amanda said that Emily her daughter comes home every day saying new facts or she learned something new. That’s what Head Start is all about is to teach the children something they didn’t know. Amanda said it’s fun coming home because Emily will say something like “mom did you know there is eight planets in our solar system?” She loves it when she tells her something new every day. I then asked her how was the program selected and what criteria was important? Amanda said that we live in Little Rock, Iowa so there is only one in our area but I know who the Head Start teacher is and she’s great. It was important that her child would have fun and learn new things. She wanted her child to be happy with it. There is only six kids in her class besides her so she knew all the kids, but now she actually became friends with