Switcheroo

After school yesterday, I finally got around to re-vamping the layout of my room (with the help of the amazing Mrs. T). The previous set up just didn't utilize space efficiently, and frankly was driving me batty. I haven't had the luxury of staying in the same classroom every year, so it takes a little while to find the "perfect" setup that works for myself, as well as my dear kindergarten people. I have learned, however, that the reactions the next day are usually priceless:

Dennis: WOW!!! What did you DO?!?!


Me: I moved somethings around


Dennis: By yourSELF? Whoa you are Soooooooo Strong Ms. S!

and then a little later

Twin: I really like the way you moved things


Me: Thank you, Twin


Twin: You should move the whole school around!!! (breaks into huge grin)


Me: (confused look)


Twin: HAHAHAHAHA (walks away)

I love my job!

 P.S. I've been thinking about doing a blogging blitz, to make myself a better blogger. Perhaps reviewing children's books? Thought and opinions?

Thank you

It's November, so we have been talking about Thanksgiving. While many, well most, of the kindergarten people thought the primary reason for Thanksgiving was eating turkey, I did have a few that were able to help fill in our circle map with more than just food.  This lead to a discussion about being grateful, and the true meaning behind Thanksgiving ::cue cheesy sentimental music:: which is giving thanks.

In that spirit, we have been making Thank you cards. Yesterday, we worked on cards for the wonderful people who funded our project on Donors Choose. They did a fantastic job! Some chose to write full sentences, while others drew pictures of themselves and how getting our new math manipulatives made them feel. It was awesome to see them working on something so hard because it was for someone else.

Today, they went even farther in making cards for Veterans Day. Living in a military community and having a few military kids in our class, my kinder people are very aware and VERY grateful for the service that our armed forces perform. It was so cool to see their excitement to say thank you to a member of the armed services.

I love my job!

Giggles

It might be the cold front pushing through, or perhaps the left overs of a Halloween bounty, but today was a day full of giggles. Everything made us laugh today, be it the sound the letter F makes (it does kinda tickle your lip), measuring objects with linking cubes (did you know that The SuperHero is 47 cubes tall?), or eating snack (it's not everyday you get a corn dog for a snack!). So I went with it. I used our giggle energy, and channeled it into creative, interactive games and activities.The tots LOVED it! Heck, I loved it. It's what I'm called to do. In this current world of meetings, paperwork, assessments, data, etc. it's too easy to get caught up in the secondary tasks. Kindergarten is about learning, loving, and giggles, and today was the kind of day I needed to remind me.

By the way, if you are looking for a giggle inducing book    is a winner every time. After all, underpants are just funny!