One observation I noticed in the Komatsudani Preschool in Japan was how there seemed to be little safety rules the children had to follow. Two things I noticed were the children hanging/climbing on the balcony type railing and the other was the children just walking all over the place with the little children. It made me wonder if something happened what would they do. I know that in America at the preschool I worked at they did not want the kids to pick each other up in case they may drop them.
Another observation I made was in China how they are controlling of what the children do. One example is how they don't even allow the children to talk when the child is eating. The teacher told them, "Concentrate on your eating the same way you do your studying is the correct way to eat." Another example is when they were doing the activity with the blocks and the child put the paper where he wanted it and the child moved it back to where she wanted it. I just wonder if controlling the child's every move will make the less independent in the long run. It seems like they can't just do things on their own it is always the teachers approval. I mean the child couldn't even put the box lid on his desk where it was comfortable to him.
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