Looking back at the research and volunteer hours that I have been gearing towards Head Start, I have found many new and enlightening aspects about child education. I started out researching about the program before I volunteered. All the research had been telling me that Head Start is a good program and that it works, but I never really knew how or why. I try to think back on my own life and think about what preschool and kindergarten were like for me. Given the many years it's been since I was that age, it wasn't very successful. It wasn't until I started going to the center and interacting with the children and observing them that I found out my answers. As I watched the children interact with one another, to me they looked like very short adults. Most, if not all, were very polite and neat and organized. Their meal time was neatly kept while conversations about toys and what activities they were going to do buzzed about the air. I watched as one by one the children either asked politely for more food, or cleared their places and stacked dishes on a cart. I thought a lot about how other children who don't attend Head Start programs might enjoy their meal times. I suppose that their food might be out of a lunch box, delivered to their mouth by their hands and their shirt might be their napkin. For me, I have seen how this program has improved social skills and manners in children.
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