It’s great to be back! 🙂

It’s such a good feeling when the students seemed to miss you just as much as you missed them. It’s great! It’s like, “Hey, I’m doing something right!”. A few of them saw me and immediately came out to give me a hug. Hugs are the greatest.

There’s always something happening in the Kindergarten/Grade 1 classroom. Today we made popcorn! Which was super fun. No, we didn’t have a “movie day” but we did make popcorn not just because it’s super delicious and fun, but because the students were learning about their five senses. The teacher made popcorn and talked about the different sights, smells, sounds, feels and tastes that popcorn has. It was such a rich and memorable activity for the kids (and myself). The students brainstormed with the teacher on what popcorn feels like, tastes like, smells like, sounds like and looks like. They then proceeded to fill out a worksheet (basically, just copying off the sheet where they brainstormed). I thought it was really cool how the teacher brought in popcorn makers, and butter, and the kernels and the students were asked to inquire and make guesses and ask questions about the process. It was all very cool and something that I hope to be able to do as well when I have a class of my own. This is definitely what enacted learning is all about.

Another exciting “new” thing to happen today was that I put up my first bulletin board! WOHOO! I’m sure I’ll be putting up a LOT more bulletin boards as time goes on, but this IS my first one, so it’s pretty special for me. I made it to display the Beautiful Oops masterpieces that the students made last week. I’m really happy with how all their artworks turned out and how the bulletin board looked at the end. The students were really proud of their artworks too 🙂 It was a proud moment for us all.

I’m kind of sad that I won’t be seeing them for another week or so! But that’s fine I guess. I’m going through a cold right now anyway — I wouldn’t want to spread the germs! (Just spread the love)