1. This is a current picture of myself. I wish I had a younger picture of myself I look totally different. I had platinum blonde spiral curly hair.
2. Teaching at my daycare for the past five years I have become attached to all the children. However, there is one child that has always had the passion of my heart since he started in my classroom. This child has become known as my school son. He looks for me everyday, especially when he is having a rough day in his new classroom. He just started UPK last week and it has been rough on both of us not visiting each other. He is one of the main reasons I chose to finish my degree and continue my education in Child Development. By just seeing the impact that I have made on him in the past 2 years, I know I am doing what I am meant to do.
3. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff is my all time favorite book. When I participated in student teaching at my first college, I would make sure one of my observed lesson plans would be involving this book. Now using it to teach, I understand the "circular tale" as cause and effect. Back then I could say that I really probably just enjoyed reading about cookies.
Hello Nicole
ReplyDeleteYour story about your "class son" is absolutely heart warming! Although I have not had the same experience, I too have been inspired by working with children. It was my toddler room that really made me fall in love with ECE. Seeing the children grow and develop in my care with my help was amazing. It's nice to see someone else has had a similar experience as I.
Hello Nicole,
ReplyDeleteConnecting to children and creating a personal relationship with children are some of the practices, I try to get my teachers to relate to. The relationships you build with one or several children have so many positive outcomes. I encourage teachers to spend at least five minutes a day with each child.
Reading the rest of your post, I was really excited about Never Give Up. What a wonderful phrase. Today, I need those words. With so many challenges, those words were refreshing.