My Observation at Eastern Market

Place: Eastern Market Metro
Time: 11am
Approximate Number of Students: 30
Age Range: 5-8 years old

My Observations: 


Being rope led to the library, the group of primarily Caucasian students shuffle up toward the crosswalk. The students are mostly quiet, except for three students (Male Child, Female Child 1,  Female Child 2)  walking hand-in-hand with one of the guardians.

Male Child: I'm gonna read all the books in the library. 

Female Child 1: Me too. And I am going to check out books because I have a library card because this one time my Dad brought me here and then let me get two books because he said that we could read them on the weekend. 


Teacher: Umhmm... dasss good. Reading is good for you (said in a thick Spanish accent)


Female Child 1: My sister Grace, she is a baby so she can't read, but I read her my books because my Dad said that Grace likes to read with me. [turning to Female Child 2] What do you read with your Dad?


Female Child 2: Um... like sometimes my mom reads me bedtime stories, but  sometimes my Dad he doesn't like to read because he is tired.