Whoa! What a busy week this has been for me! This week in the classroom we had our first field trip to the aquarium. It was very interesting to take 73 Kindergarteners on a field trip, but it was so worth it in the end! They were all very excited to be there are see many different types of fish! They even got to pet a shark - these are the memories that they will hold close to their hearts for a while.
This week for my master's program we are asking to post three things about ourselves. This is for our peers to learn a little bit about us and to also reflect on yourself as a person. For this post, I am also going to incorporate Dr. Seuss into this post to honor him and the many great books he has made for young children.
The first thing is a picture of myself. This is a picture of me receiving my undergraduate diploma from Ashland University. I was very excited that day and so ready for the future! If at that moment I would guess that I would have a full time job in a wonderful school district doing something that I love AND starting my masters - I would think I was crazy!
The next item is a quote that about children, families, childhood, or something that is very meaningful to you. For this I tapped into my Dr. Seuss soul and am using one of his quotes:
"A person is a person no matter how small" -Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who .
This quote is very important to me because I am teaching such young children. It is important to realize that they are not always a young child, but they are a young person. They have the ability to do great things and have dreams and ambitions just like "adult" people. This quote always puts into perspective for me to always look at these kids as little people, just not a 5 or 6 year old.
The last thing I am going to post is a title of a book that I LOVED when I was little. Now although I do not remember this book and what it was about (because I was 2 and 3) I remember my parents reading this book over and over to me. I think that this is why I liked this book so much. It was the quality time that I got to spend with my parents and realizing how important it was to learn to read and to get a good education.
I think that reading this book at such a young age made me a great reader today and a book lover! I am so thankful to my parents who introduced me to books at such a young age and I hope to introduce my children to books right away as well.
I love your your post. You are so correct when you said hey have the ability to do great things and have dreams and ambitions just like "adult" people. I wish I would have had people in my life tell me that when I was very young. Being 37 I still have to stop and remember I can do anything I set my mind to and I keep preaching to my own children they can do anything and everything. Thank you so much for this post it is wonderful
ReplyDeleteI loved Mickey when I was a little girl. I took a children's lit class many years ago and they spoke of how a child needs things to predictable in order to function. I thought it was really cool how you said you needed to hear the story over and over again. You knew what was going to happen next.
ReplyDeleteIt is so great to see such excitment and full of possibilities in your thoughts. it seems so long ago how I felt that way about life. Though mine is very busy and never a dull moment I just really seem very tired all of a sudden... Guess that is what you get for going mach 10 with your hair on fire for the last 14 year! Youre excitment is catching.
ReplyDeleteWow,I love this quote because it speaks directly to an old negative saying I heard growing up "Children should be seen and not heard." The reasoning behind this is that children's feelings and ideas are of no significance, which is totally ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteLove your post, especially the Dr sues post of” a person is a person no mattehow small” .I think it is great to make a child realize how important he or she is ,knowing that he can do anything like any other person. This builds the child self confidence of himself which plays a vital role in his development as an adult.
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