For the first time ever, I decided to go ahead and teach summer school. My grade level preferences were (in order), 2nd, 1st, and 3rd.
They offered me 4th. Well...okay. It's only for 19 days.
Then they came back and said enrollment was off in the upper grades, but would I like to teach Preschool? Um.....not so sure about that one. So my assistant principal tracked me down and reassured me it would be fun, they'd provide curriculum, I'd have TAs, etc. So I went for it.
Now, let me just say that 24 four year olds is a lot of four year olds. However, it was only three hours a day, I had THREE TAs (one of my official TAs had a daughter who liked volunteering), and - best of all- preschoolers learn through play. Yes indeed, you read that correctly. They paid me to play blocks and play dough and paint with these kids. So we focused on letters and numbers and colors and shapes and had a lot of fun. In the end, they're just too stinkin' cute NOT to love! (Except maybe when they're throwing tantrums...but let's not get into that.)
(More for me than for anybody else:)
Lucia, Maria, Salma, Miriam, Andy, Virginia, Giovanni, Marisol, Sergio, Yenisis, Andre, Benji, Stefanie, Me
Maritza, Brenda, Diara, Karina, Reynaldo, Luis, Isabella, Brian, Viviana
Andre
He kept inviting me over to his house to watch a movie and eat popcorn.
Starting a little young, eh?
Parents - Yes! They still make bristle blocks! ;-)
Diara
(This little girl was SO tiny!!!)
Luis
He has the most beautiful eyes of any person I've ever met. Sigh.....
So long, summer!
1 comment:
Your pre-schoolers are super cute. I am jealous that your job was to play with them, every day. I know there was learning involved, but still... play time!
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