INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / JANUARY 8, 1991 Tots Prepare College Students For The Future E very Wednesday since Sep- tember, about 30 pre-school kids have been bundling up and trek- king from Queen’s Avenue Daycare to Douglas College. The children are taking part in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Department's program called Students Teaching Teachers. "Hands-on experience with children is an integral and crucial part of the education process," says Sue Fraser, ECE Instructor. "The daycares in the community may hire these Douglas College students after they graduate, and they know that it is their children who will help to make the ECE stu- dents good teachers." Denise Krauss is one of four Douglas College ECE graduates working at Queen’s Avenue Daycare. She confirms that the Stu- dents Teaching Teachers program is valuable for children and stu- dent teachers. "Everyone is learn- ing, and the children talk all week about the Wednesday trip to Douglas College," says Krauss. The children aren’t the only ones excited about the program. ECE students are excited to have the opportunity to try out their les- son plans with children, instead of relying on what the textbooks say. "We do group brainstorming to find creative ideas and we get feedback from everyone involved: teachers, children and fellow stu- dents," says ECE student Lara Touwslager. "We even give oursel- ves feedback after the activity, be- cause we are video-taped doing it." Another ECE student, Wendy Allen, says done cooking and craft workshops, too. And the children love the individual attention that they get from us," says Allen. She adds, "We had each child plant a seed. Every time they come back to give it water, they are so excited to see how much their plant has grown." that this pro- gram allows her and her classmates to give the kids personal atten- tion and to try different ac- tivities be- cause there are about six adults for every four children. "We were able to put together and perform a puppet show about dental health; we’ve practised elementary science experi- ments; we’ve Early Childhood Education student Sylvia Demers with one of the Queen’s Avenue Daycare kids. Douglas College Sports Action: Basketball Douglas Women Rocked he Women’s Basketball team travelled to Edmonds to take on host Edmonds Community Col- lege on Friday, December 14, 1990. Missing four players and having not practised all week due to exams, they were trounced 82-38. Carrie Carlsen was top scorer for Douglas with 15 points. Douglas Men Lose by 8 ke Men’s Basketball team also travelled to the States this past weekend. On Friday, December 14th, the Royals took on Shoreline CC (Seattle). At halftime, Douglas trailed Shoreline by nine points, 56- 47, and were unable to make up that deficit. They finally lost to the host squad by eight points, 103-95. Onkar Hayre led Douglas with 20 points and Ted Vanderwall con- tributed 17 points. Leading scorer for the game was Shoreline’s Troy Jammerman with 33 points and 14 rebounds. a.