Full Moon!

Oh my...what a day!  My little friends were crazy today...what is up with that?!?  I'll blame it on the full moon that I heard was going to be happening...have to blame it on something you know.  Even my most quietest sedate kids were wound so tight -- totally needed to find the HUGE box of Calgon tonight!  I felt like I was talking today and no one was listening!  I love it when my friends have their own agenda as to what we are going to get accomplished during the day.

Whatever happened to doing what your teacher told you to do?  Respect?  Being polite? Authority?  Oy...it all went out the door today.  I literally was ready to throw my hands up in disgust, but I know better then to let a group of 5 and 6 year olds win the battle. 

What a class I have this year!  They amaze me, confuse me, fascinate me, and basically just keep me enthralled.  This is why I went into teaching.... to be challenged, to be pushed, to make a difference.  Well today I was challenged, I was pushed, but did I make a difference?  I hope I did in some small way, somehow, though I'm not sure....

Energizer Bunnies...I have 14 of them!

This year the energy in my class is amazing.  Somedays I just want to sit back and soak it all in...how do they do iT?  I think back and ry to remember, "did I have that much energy in kindergarten?"  I wish I could bottle some of that energy to pull out on those days when I hear, "Ms. Robin, we're too tired to do our work today."  Those are the days when I remind them of how much energy they usually have which leads to those looks of guilt and then they get to work without another complaint.

I get a kick out of the reaction when other teachers watch my friends for me.  They just don't get it sometimes, but leave them alone in my room for 5 minutes and they get it.  I love all 14 of my energizer bunnies...all different and unique in their own way. My biggest wish is that they share some of that uncontained nonstop energy with me!