24 Little bodies enter room 209 each and every morning to spend the day with me. We have shed many tears in this room, we have laughed, danced, done yoga, the Cha-Cha-Side, geometry, prefixes, genre, spelling bees, science experiments, stories, poetry, and that is just in the first month! Magic really does happen in this room. Today we explored the process of photosynthesis with real leaves and microscopes. We found spiders, little worms, and a number of other critters on our leaves, and if anyone had come in room 209 today, it would have looked like utter chaos. Out of that chaos, came exploration. I LOVE teaching!!!! Even when the days are rough, and I feel like I just can't hear my name called one more time, it just takes that little ray of magic, when the light clicks on and I hear "I get it!" or "that was amazing!" to make all the exhaustion melt away. I truly am living my dream!
I recognize that room! I think I even put that bulletin board together for you last year!
ReplyDeleteYou have such a gift. that it's wonderful you share it with these children, they are so blessed to have you. They are going to remember you like I remember Mrs. Moore, and Mrs Ansley (whom I almost named one of my kids after). The difference you can make in their lives i sunimaginable:)
ReplyDeleteThis was so inspiring for me to read, Laurie. I would be thrilled to have you as a teacher of one of my littles.
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