has sprung. It was positively insane today.
On the news a few weeks ago, a kindergarten teacher was in hot water for cutting one of her students braids. Of course, the mother was irate, and the teacher was appropriately disciplined. Her reason for cutting the braid...the student would not stop playing with it.
A few weeks ago, I laughed...today, I totally know where she is coming from.
While I was able to control my emotions enough to avoid making the 10 o'clock news, getting through today was as hard as whistling peanut butter. Every 10 seconds I was reminding a talkative student that it was learning time, or "helping" someone control their bodies (by helping, I mean isolation and think time, otherwise known as a timeout). However, we managed to make it through all of our lessons today, and even managed to squeeze in some extra outside play time (to get the wiggles out).
The highlight of our day was an unexpected visitor, or visitors: Travis & Presley They even brought us gifts (an autographed book and DVD for every child). We were so excited to meet Presley, and we were even allowed to pet him! I wish I would have thought to grab my camera, everyone was amazed/in love with the dog. You'll just have to take my word for it, it was great!
Depth and Complexity with Little Ones
1 month ago

I want a dog! Then I can visit your class! You should check out the book Teaching with Love and Logic if you haven't yet. Here is a link: http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Love-Logic-Control-Classroom/dp/0944634486/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267668162&sr=8-1
ReplyDeleteI think I have this book somewhere. It sounds very familiar. And you don't need a dog. You are welcome anytime.
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