Light Bulb Moments.....

Boy have we been having those light bulb or aha moments in our classroom! 

It has been hard with the cold snowy weather to get out to let the extra energy get released!  Instead I've been trying to channel that energy into learning new and exciting things.  Today as my class was buzzing I actually took a step back for the first time in a while.  I witnessed:

1. A few friends dancing and singing their sight words along with the dvd...the smiles on their faces were priceless! 
2. A few friends gathered around a table graphing sight words that they were spinning on spinners.  The excitement in their voices over which word on their graph was "winning!" priceless!
3. A few friends using word family mats to create words and write them down...."Ms. Robin I know how to spell fin!" priceless!
4. A few more friends using pictures and letter tiles to create simple CVC words.  "Ms. Robin look I made 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...7 words!" priceless!

It is in moments like this that I know what I am doing is the right thing.  My little friends were excited, engaged, happy, and most of all loving learning....PRICELESS!!