MEMORY

LEISURE MONITOR

Ramón Simó González

Population where the course has been held: Benicarló
Fecha:
Technical data:

Place: Mon Sol. Public or private: private

Fecha de inicio: 8 de mayo del 2012 Completion date: May 8, 2012

Director: Soledad Martinez Pascual DNI: 20249051-N

C/ calle: Pedro Camañes Nº11 Bajo Lugar: Castellón de la Plana 12006

Email:solepipo@[Link]

The toy library where we have been doing our internship during these
weeks is located in Castellón de la Plana, called "Mon Sol".

The toy library is a private company and therefore the only aid it receives
They are the parents of children who attend her and have businesses.
own, and therefore can offer some assistance.

The start date of the internship is and its end is.

The director and manager of the playroom is named Soledad Martinez Pascual.
with ID: 20249051-N.

This playroom is located in Castellón de la Plana, Spain, 12006, in the area

from the university. On the street: Pedro Camañes Nº11 Lower. The email
this is: solepipo@[Link]

In this toy library, there are approximately 90 children from 1 year to 12 years old,

although the average age of the children attending it is 6 years.

Regarding the different nationalities of the children who attend

this playroom stands out that the Spanish one predominates, although we have been able to

find foreign children.

Development of memory:

1. Introduction:

The project we are participating in is based on the realization of

leisure activities aimed at children aged 1 to 12 years.

This project is carried out in Castellón de la Plana, in a space located in the

new university area. This center emerged almost five years ago due to the
need to have in this new area a space dedicated for children, already
which represented a great convenience for parents who cannot attend to them
at certain hours.

There is no institution involved, as it is a completely private company.

private.

The objectives listed below are marked in a way

joint to all branches, then each branch has its own objectives
general and specific. To achieve them, we follow a methodology, which
work is done on different projects.

Objectives we have accomplished throughout the internships:

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

Grow as individuals within the group through the different

human values. Create group awareness through coexistence
among the kids and the spirit of camaraderie.
Encourage the taste and respect for nature.
To promote an education different from the formal one.
Foster creativity through craft workshops and activities
adapted to different ages.
Enhance sports by embracing competitiveness positively.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

Respect for nature, cleanliness, order (civic awareness)

Encourage camaraderie, group tasks, knowing how to lose... to
to ensure that no child leaves the camp or the group.
 Accept the decisions of the monitors and other kids, if that were the case.
necessary: games, activities...
Get them to integrate into the methodology, understanding the values.

2.- Description of the activity:

2.1.- Project preparation:

Our time spent on leisure activities is

divide into different parts.

First of all, before lunchtime, we carry out activities with

children aged 2 and 3 years. During this period of time we carry out
different activities, including games and songs.

Canciones: "La casita", "el lobo", "al corro de la patata"," el barquito chiquitito",
"la vaca lechera", "conga conga", "cinco lobitos",…

Juegos: "El juego de los colores”, “Veo Veo", ….

Secondly, we dedicate time to eat. In this space

We found children from 1 to 12 years old, as children from other centers attend.
schoolchildren, whom we are going to pick up at their respective schools, eat at
the toy library and later they move back to their schools.

Thirdly, after lunchtime, the oldest ones (3 to 12 years old)

They have a free hour. During this free time, different activities are carried out.

activities. These activities are carried out both within the space of the
company as it were, since if the weather is nice we go out to the park to do
other types of activities, such as:

Canciones: "Aram Sam Sam", "El tallarín", "Soy una taza", "Pelota de Ping
Pong

Juegos y deportes: "Príncipe, princesa y bruja" ,"Pelota de Ping Pong", "Juego

["the sweatshirt","The mill","Flag, Flag","Stone, paper or scissors race"]
scissors
And finally, in the afternoon, after school hours, different activities take place.
activities. On one hand, those children who have homework dedicate their
time to carry them out, and with the others we carry out more active activities, such as
they can be:

Crafts: Activities with modeling clay, activities with cardboard, and different ones
colors, activities with recycled materials,....

The source of documentation for the different activities in our case, the
the vast majority comes from the course for children's and youth leisure monitors. For
On the other hand, we have also used other resources from the different
careers that we are currently pursuing or have already completed (teaching and

psychology) and others found on the internet or books.

The activities we have carried out have always been supervised by the
director, or by the assigned monitor, since they already had a schedule.
made and we have adapted to the different required needs
for their children.

Our way of carrying out these activities was to prepare them at home and
then teach them and consult them with our supervisor. In this way, she
he guided us and told us how we could carry them out.

2.2.- During the execution of the project

a) Detailed description of the context:

The space where we have conducted the practices is located in an area of

new construction, near the university.

The different students who attend it, the vast majority belong to
families living in the area who, due to work, need a place
where your children can enjoy their free time. The schedule presented
this playroom is very varied and flexible, as it adapts at all times to
the needs of parents/guardians.

It is a ground floor surrounded by a very quiet park.

The facilities consist of three classes adapted according to the ages in the
that the different students are divided and each has a restroom adapted
at all times to the children, a large dining room, a kitchen, a
office and a bathroom.

b) Analysis of the participant group:

The age of the children who come to this space is very broad, as
covers children from 1 to 12 years old.

El grupo de trabajo se divide según la edad y el espacio de tiempo, ya que hay

activities that they all do together and others that require more simplification
for the little ones.

The vast majority of the infants are of Spanish origin.

It should be emphasized that the vast majority of the older boys/girls who
They come to this space because they have already attended the daycare in previous years.

previously or know someone who attends and is satisfied.

On the other hand, within this center, we have not found girls/boys with
disabilities, only one medicated hyperactive child has stood out.

2.3. - Detailed description of the activities performed:

Games:

Color, color

Nº de participantes: Todos.

Age of the participants: the age can vary, specifically in children of 2

at 3 years old.

Place of execution: in a classroom, although sometimes we have done it in

the street.

Material: none
Development: one player remains as a figurant, and the others prepare to
run freely when the child says a color like: yellow, blue
red...

Each player must find the color that has been mentioned and touch it as quickly as possible.

as quickly as possible. The player who touches the color first will be the starting player.

What will the next color say.

Little flag, little flag:

Number of participants: All

Age of the participants: from 6 and up.

Location of realization: outdoors.

Material: a handkerchief.

Development: the group is divided into two subgroups and each one is worked on to...
these groups get the scarf without the other team catching them.

Every time a player catches the one with the handkerchief, they will be eliminated.

The team that manages to have any player and dethrone the other team without
participants will be the one who wins the game.

The diver:

Number of participants: All.

Age of participants: from 6 onwards.

Place of realization: on a porch.

Material: none.

Development: one player will remain as a stand-in and the others will be referred to as

fish will be grouped together making a 'pineapple' so that the performer, too,
Diver, do not manage to get anyone out of this. When the diver manages to
taking someone out of the other participants will become a diver and so on
successively until no fish remain.

Rock, paper or scissors:

Number of participants: All.

Age of participants.

Place of realization: outdoors.

Material: a piece of slate.

Development: first, a path is drawn on the ground. The group is divided into two.
grupos y tienen que conseguir haciendo la típica canción: “un, dos, tres, piedra
paper or scissors. And the group that manages to reach the other team's field first,
it will be the winning team.

I see, I see

Number of participants: Undefined, it can have several participants.

Age of the participants: It can vary, but specifically we have

adapted this game for children aged 2-3 years.

Place of realization: There is a great variety of places, but it is recommended

play the game in an area where the child can easily get to know
name of different objects.

Necessary material: None

Development: The monitor starts saying 'I see, I see...' and names something.
an object easy to see and above all easy to recognize for children, these have to
locate the object and go touch it. For example: 'I see, I see a red truck'
and the children have to locate the said object. We have considered that it is about
of an important game since through the game we work on the ability to
child's learning.

Prince, princess, and witch:

Number of participants: There must be at least 6 participants, but there
it's about a game that is recommended to be more entertaining and fun.
that there are several players.

Age of participants: From 6 years old

Place of execution: It is recommended to play in some outdoor location or in a living room.

quite large, since the game needs quite a bit of space for it to
players can run and move without any kind of problem.

Necessary material: None

Development: The players gather in groups of 3, and each one chooses the name that
I want it to be 'prince, princess, or witch'. The prince and the princess
they have to hold with both hands, one in front of the other and the witch has to
what to put in the middle of the two. There is a player who is alone on the court and
tiene que decir un nombre, como por ejemplo “príncipe” y todos los príncipes
they have to go find another princess who is not theirs, even the player who
He's on the track and the one who is left alone has to go to the center and choose another.

name.

Ping Pong Ball

Number of participants: It is recommended that there be several participants, since

that the game will undoubtedly be much more fun.

Age of participants: Over 6 years old

Place of implementation: It is recommended to play in a rather spacious place, as

It is a game that requires a lot of movement.

Necessary material: None

Development: The players are placed in a circle and one player remains in the
halfway, and it moves around the circle until it decides to stay in front of another
player and sings to him: I am a ping pong ball and I bounce, bounce, bounce all around the room,
if I touch you, you vote" and when he touches the other player, both grab each other and start to

sing in the middle of the circle until they stop in front of another player and
they repeat the same thing, until finally all the players go out to sing and to vote.
Handicrafts:

For children aged 5 and older:

Origami: little windmills, frogs, paper boats, rabbits, chickens...

Make a picture frame: Material that could be used: cardboard, newspaper and
paintings. Other materials that could be used would be plastic objects,
legumes, pasta...

We made this craft for Mother's Day and Father's Day.

Rabbits and hen eggs (since we are in Easter, we are going to use
typical aspects of the date we are in:

• Material: cartulinas, rotuladores, baritas (pincho moruno).

Another craft would be this, the material would be all recycled, like bottles.
plastic, egg cartons, newspaper, glue, and paints.

Easter: the material would be skewers or ice cream sticks, cardboards and
markers, cups, pens...

Flowers: activity related to the environment, with dry leaves, and

cord can be used to make these flowers, other materials, to make them, would be with
cardboards.
Pencils: the materials would be paper, toilet paper rolls or kitchen rolls,
markers, paints, colors, glitter…to choose from.
3. Evaluation:

The monitors we have had throughout the practices have been people
who have helped us at all times, and have resolved the doubts that we have
at some point we have been able to have.

The place where we have done the internships, for us especially

it has seemed comfortable, since we are university students and the playroom is
in this area especially, although it's not at all central.

The facilities of this playroom are very suitable, as they are

designed for children 100%, there are three rooms divided by age
of the children, then there is a very large room dedicated to games, sings-
games, dance area... This spacious area is also used for
dining room (the tables and chairs are movable, therefore they are not always there), the

Food served here is home-cooked. Another very important area for the children,
and that especially for us we have liked a lot is the park, since
We have noticed that young children are starting to take care of the environment.
environment and its surroundings.

The activities we have been carrying out have been quite successful, as
most of the boys/girls were willing at all times, we have
created a heterogeneous climate where everyone was equal, except when they were
characters activities, numbers, fruits...

The different and dynamic activities that we have been doing day after day
doing with the children, as I have mentioned before we have gotten
quite well, although some of these haven't turned out as we expected
we expected either due to the number of children or for the exact opposite. Also
it could have gone wrong for the difficulty of this or for how easy it was, since
Some children might get bored. They may also have had little success due to the
time it was, or due to their lack of motivation.
The instructor we have had throughout the practices has allowed us to do
all the activities that we have found interesting for the realization
with children and that we would be capable of self-evaluating ourselves so that
so in the future we do not make the same mistakes and we become self-sufficient
time to carry out leisure monitor activities.

4.- Incidents and anecdotes

5.- Annexes (advertising brochures, graphic, audiovisual material...).

6.- Personal assessment
From the activity.
Operation of the equipment
Of my personal involvement in the process.