Successful first week of blogging!! Yay!! And I'm so glad that it's the weekend!
The Triumph: I successfully taught my first art lesson today to a gaggle of 5 year olds. It was a lesson based off of following directions, as well as shapes. We created clowns that turned out looking amazing! It was nice to see how well the kids followed the step-by-step directions, as well as the individuality that each clown had.
The Struggle: The students were just whiny today. This group of students so different from the other group of Kinders that I am working with this year, and they complain about the silliest things. For example, this morning two students were in tears because they "didn't get a turn." We are almost done with the school year kids!! And there have been so many times throughout the year that we have discussed taking turns. I'm not sure if today was a good snapshot of how these students typically behave but man oh man, if it was, we are going to be having some major changes.
The Ludicrousness: Despite the whining that I dealt with today, it was a good day. I worked with a sub, who I absolutely love working with. I asked her in the morning if we could do some music and movement throughout the day that does not use technology. When we normally do music and movement, we use youtube. The Banana Dance is one of my favorites! Some of the kids seemed to be so resistant to the change, but finally were able to get into the songs and dances that we were doing!
By being a teacher Jen you will be a better parent :-) If only kids were like sunshine all the time haha. That would be so easy!
ReplyDeleteOh! It sounds like you had a pretty great day!
ReplyDeleteThe banana dance!
I agree with your first commenter! Although teaching is not like parenting in many ways, I had a strong set of skills and understandings gained from teaching that served me well as a parent and of course, as a teacher, too! The big ones for me were: No sarcasm -- you just don't know what those sweet spirits will internalize from what you say, so make sure that what they take in is positive (this was hard for me, as; don't say it's good if it isn't, you can say positive things without telling them it's good when it's not; it's all about the relationship, so make all the minutes count.
ReplyDeleteI think you will make an amazing teacher! And I LOVE your blog!