(Q & A from Olivia's Portfolio)

 1. What will you eat on Thanksgiving day (11/25/02) ~ 3 years old

Michael – “Grapes.”

James – “Yogurt.”

Andrew M. – “Apple.”

Olivia – “French Fries.”

Laura – “Popcorns.”

Leila – “Turkey.”

Andrew L. – “A peach.”

Megan – “A lollipop.”

Lex – “Hippo.”

Benjamin –“French fries and pizza.”

2. How old is Ms. Mirleni – 3/4/03 (Olivia’s favorite teacher in Toddler – in her 30’s)

Benjamin – “A hundred.”

Andrew L. – “Ten.”

Alex – “Five.”

Auria – “Three.”

Laura – “Ten.”

Calvin – “Five.”

Nicholas – “You are three.”

Olivia – “I do not know.”

Michael – “Thirty.”

James – “I think you are four.”

At least Olivia is honestJ

3. Firefighter visit with Ms. Kathy, what do you learn? – May 2003

Olivia – “Crawl on the floor because the smoke and the fire.”

I am impressed with her answer.

4. What should we name our new pet frog? – 6/19/03

Michael –“Michael.”

Alex – “Chas.”

Olivia – “Kermit or Chatty.”

Andrew L. – “Gravedigger.”

Calvin –“Hopper.”

Nicholas – “Jumper.”

Colleen – “Charlie.”

James – “T-Rex.” or “Sharks.”

5. What is your wish – 11/4/03

In group time today, we pretended that we were star gazing. Each child lay down on their back and looked up at the “sky”. After gazing for a little while, the teacher asked the children to pick a “star” to make a wish on. The teacher then asked each child what their one wish would be.

Tariq – “I wish for a lot of babies when I get big up to the ceiling.”

Alyssa – “A little sister and to grow up.”

Sarah – “My princess Barbie doll.”

Jonathan – “I wish the starts were close to me.”

Amei Nichole – “I wish for a horse.”

Olivia – “Nothing.”

Kate – “I want a lot of babies.”

Ryan – “I don’t know?”

Cindy – “No.”

6. 过家家 – 2/24/04

During the afternoon free choice, the teacher noticed Olivia is playing with some friends in the dramatic play area. She walked over and listened to their conversation.

Olivia – Jessica, the plates need to be on the table, here.

Jessica – Yeah, on the table with the cups and spoons.

Alyssa – We need to get the babies in the crib for nap time, ok?

Jessica – Oh, the babies.

Olivia – The babies need to sleep because Jessica and me are setting the table.

Jessica – Here, the plate and cup.

Alyssa – Here is where we put the babies and the table is set for dinner.

Olivia – Yeah the dinner we have McDonalds with cheese burger and fries.

Jessica – I want the fries and burger.

Alyssa- Ok, you can have it on the blue plate. I want the red plate.

Olivia – I want the green plate, ok?

7. What kind of animal do you think could be used as transportation and what made you think about that specific animal? - 3/16/04

Olivia – “Elephant. I saw them at the zoo.”

Ryan –“Snake. They could take me to school because they crawl like a worm.”

Alyssa – “Giraffe because I saw one at a circus with a clown juggling on it.”