This theme has been on my mind all summer. A friend shared some articles on how to protect your child from sexual abuse and it's been on my mind ever since. As uncomfortable as it seems to discuss this topic, we all know it's something we have to teach our children. (One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before
they turn 18, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.) I vaguely remember being taught about it in school, with groups coming in and doing skits and talking about our "uh-oh" alarms. We also had the Safety Kids books and tapes as kids and I remember the song about "sometimes you just gotta yell and scream." Stranger Danger was a popular concept to teach back then, but we know now that most child abuse and abductions happen by people we know.
I'm not an expert in this area, but I am a concerned teacher and parent. I've researched and read a lot about this topic and want to share what I've learned with you so you can better protect your child. One of the biggest ways to prevent our children from being sexually abused is by having a close and open relationship with them. Predators go after the weak, and are unlikely to harm a child if they know that child will tell someone. Through the "grooming" process, they often test the boundaries and if a child tells a trusted adult at this phase they will often back off (Time magazine had an article about Jerry Sandusky that discussed this tactic. It was scary to learn how many kids did tell, yet he still hurt so many who didn't.)
I will not be discussing with your preschoolers how to stay safe from child predators during our 2 week Safety Unit. I believe this is something that you should be teaching in your home and did not feel it was appropriate for me to talk about with them.
We will talk a little about strangers with a book called Don't Talk to Strangers by Christine Mehlhaff. It gives a general overview of who strangers are and why we don't talk to them and what to do. I think a valid fear in parents is that a stranger will hurt your child, but we don't want to scare our children so much that they are scared of everyone. Another fear of mine is my child getting lost when we are out somewhere. A general rule I'm trying to teach her (and I'll talk about with your kids) is how to find someone to help them. At a grocery store, they can go to the front where you buy your groceries and tell them you're lost. They can look for a police officer in uniform. I have also taught her to look for a mom with kids. A mom with kids is a stranger you can trust (I hope!). Another person would be a grandmother.
As a mom, I'm scared to talk about this topic with my own child, and so I've tried to arm myself with information to help me. I hope to do the same for you. Here are links to articles I've read and found helpful and hope that you do as well.
Stranger Danger:
Tricky People are the New Strangers
Dr. Phil
How to Teach Your Child Stranger Danger
Stranger Danger Resources
Tips for Parents
10 Ways to Test Your Child about Stranger Danger
Protecting your child from sexual abuse:
Protect Your Child From a Predator
10 Body Safety Rules
Books to Teach Kids Appropriate Touch
I Said No
Lessons to Parents from the Sandusky Verdict
In Plain View: How Child Molesters Get Away With It
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
ABC Books
This is a little unrelated to preschool, but this was on my list of things to share this summer, and I totally forgot.
For my end of the year gift to all the kids, I made a cool (at least I thought so) ABC book for each child. I did a page for each letter of the alphabet, printed them and put them in dollar store albums and they each got their own book with pictures of them and their friends from the preschool year.
Well, here's my secret to the book. I am an avid digital scrapbooker (here's the blog I actually update regularly for that), and used this amazing ABC kit by AmyDane Designs.
I didn't even have to make the pages, because they are brag book pages I bought pre-made. So, I can brag all I want about this book, because all I did was slip pictures (with photoshop) into an already made page, and add the journaling. I don't see the brag book pages for sale anymore, but she does have this great quick page pack that would make and amazing alphabet book!
I'm sharing this now because AmyDane Designs is going out of business this month! So all her kits are 75% off and then they'll be gone forever. So, if you're into scrapbooking, or want to make an ABC book for your child, go grab it now because at the end of September, it will be gone!
Well, here's my secret to the book. I am an avid digital scrapbooker (here's the blog I actually update regularly for that), and used this amazing ABC kit by AmyDane Designs.
I didn't even have to make the pages, because they are brag book pages I bought pre-made. So, I can brag all I want about this book, because all I did was slip pictures (with photoshop) into an already made page, and add the journaling. I don't see the brag book pages for sale anymore, but she does have this great quick page pack that would make and amazing alphabet book!
I'm sharing this now because AmyDane Designs is going out of business this month! So all her kits are 75% off and then they'll be gone forever. So, if you're into scrapbooking, or want to make an ABC book for your child, go grab it now because at the end of September, it will be gone!
Monday, September 16, 2013
Colors
I have been scheming this theme in my brain for a year now! I always planned on combining it with Eric Carle, but as I planned it, there are just way too many fun things to do that just focus on color, that I couldn't fit all the fun Eric Carle things too. So, he got bumped to his own theme later in the year.
My goal with this theme was not to teach colors (they already know them), but to teach about mixing primary colors to make secondary colors, and to also introduce sorting (since sorting by color is usually the easiest). I definitely think we accomplished those 2 goals!
Dramatic Play: Paint Store
Thank goodness for college lesson plans, because I wasn't sure what to do here. The paint store was tons of fun. They loved working there (cash register is ALWAYS a hit and never gets old), and they loved painting! They "painted" the whole room over and over again and had a great time doing it.
Blocks: Mega Blocks and Legos
They're colorful, right?
Art:
Painting with primary colors. Great introduction to mixing colors and discovering what they do on their own. Didn't snap pictures, but we had some great art!
Gelatin molds. SO FUN! We called these "breast implants" in college.
It's just Knox Gelatin (3/4 cup boiling water to each packet, plus a little butter spray in each mold to make sure they come out) in bowls and various containers (the cool whip ones were great). The kids each had 2 small cups (old spice containers) with colored water (primaries only, for mixing) and eye droppers (generously donated, and also collected from my baby's Vitamin D drops). This was a HUGE SUCCESS! Some kids stayed here the whole hour. It starts with just squirting the water in, but pretty soon they have them torn to pieces and they're just loving rubbing their hands in it. What a FUN sensory experience and one we're going to have to repeat, they loved it so much. I only had 6 containers, but all 9 kids started the day doing it and no one complained when I asked them to scoot to add more chairs and to share their gelatin. They were awesome at sharing.
Colored bubble paint. Fail. It looks awesome on this pin, but not so awesome in our class. We tried it 2 ways, one with blowing a straw into the bin of colored bubbles and placing the paper on it to make prints. It's fun, but I guess I didn't use enough color. The kids preferred blowing them anyway. They had fun, and got some color on their papers, but barely. It ended up just being very messy, with bubble solution inside. (oh, and I did try it the night before and knew it wasn't going to be great, but still did it) Bubbles are better for outside!
Elmer the Elephant tissue paper painting. I had this fun book Elmer's Colors for the kids at the art table, then they got to choose one of 2 elephants, and then use liquid starch to paint colorful squares to their elephant. I rarely do art that seems "crafty" like this one did, with an already-planned end result (colorful elephant), but it went great with our theme, and tied in literacy. I sat at the table and read the book over and over again as they painted, and that got the kids bringing more books over to read and I spent almost 30 of the first 60 minutes just reading out loud as they painted or listened.
Manipulatives:
Color puzzles
Color book with coordinating CD
Paint chips with clothespins (not really interested)
Color sorting file folder games (not interested)
Colored horses with clothespin legs (loved this)
Pom Pom rainbows (really liked)
Pom Pom drop (fun and different way to sort, seemed to like it)
I liked the clothespin activities because of the great fine motor-building activity that it is, but I think that's what got them frustrated. They really do have a hard time opening them and would really only try with me helping, showing how, and encouraging. It's surprising to us how hard a task that is for little fingers (which is what makes it great for strengthening those tiny muscles).
Reading Center:
SO MANY great books about colors and mixing them.
Outside:
They are loving the swing set and some never leave it!
We also had colored water to mix in the water table on day 1. They had it all mixed to brown within a few minutes (which was the plan) and had fun.
Day 2, I had the primary colors in squeeze bottles and soap containers to make it take a little longer and it did! They loved mixing the colors and showing me what they made.
We also had colored sheet spraying both days, with primary colors in squirt bottles that they coud spray on a white sheet.
Week 2 we had rainbow rice in the sensory table and they loved that too! I made the colored rice by mixing 6-8 cups of rice in a bag with a few drops of food coloring and 2-3 tablespoons of rubbing alcohol. Once all the colors dried, I mixed them all together. This was really popular and we'll be keeping it out next week too.
Snacks:
Rainbow goldfish (to sort then eat)
Painted toast (milk with red and blue food coloring). They each got to "paint" a little on their bread with a pastry brush and they all learned how to make purple.
Smoothies. We mixed together a lot of different colors of fruit in our smoothie and made guesses what colors it would make. The kale won out and we had green smoothies!
Large Group:
Songs:
Color Soup
(not sure of the tune name)
Take some cherries, put 'em in the pot. Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot!
Pour it out and what will it be?
The prettiest red you ever did see!
(repeat with orange, lemon, lime, blueberries, grapes)
Red, and orange and yellow and green,
Blue and purple colors are seen,
Mix them together and what will it be?
The prettiest rainbow you ever did see!
Scat the Cat
(file folder has cat cut out, with colored papers inside)
I'm Scat the Cat, I'm a happy cat,
If you don't like my color, you can change it like that! (pull out colored paper to change cat)
Mitch the Fish
(file folder with fish cut out, and colored papers inside)
I'm Mitch the fish, I can swim and I can swish,
I can change my color, if you wish!
Week one, we tried this paper towel experiment that taught us about absorption, and mixed our colors! They loved coming back Thursday to see them all mixed together.
Week two, we did another experiment with celery to watch it absorb colored water. It wasn't as obvious as the first experiment, but we still made awesome predictions and got to check out our results, and see where the colored water had climbed the celery.
We also made patterns, read great books, and sang songs. This is such a singing group (YAY!) so we've had lots of fun singing. They are also LOVING their classroom jobs and helping with that, and it's making it easier to have only some kids help hold song props too. They could not handle taking turns with songs last year. They all needed a song prop, and are doing great this year at just singing when they're not helping.
Small Group: Big Success!
The first 2 weeks were awesome and I am SO excited about this! Thank you 100 times for being willing to help, because we are doing great things in small group! I loved being with just 4 kids to do an activity. I could level it to each group (some we just mixed colors, and others we found the letters in the color names, etc.).
In my groups, we mixed colors.
Week 1, were the playdough color wheels (you can get primary color play dough at Dollar Tree. Love it.
Week 2, we mixed colors with paint. Some were patient and stayed with me, and other had interesting color mixing, but we all learned through fun :)
In the other groups, they sorted and mixed.
Week 1, moms read Freight Train and helped the kids order their train, then sort objects by color. Awesome math skill.
I also put this in the block area, week 2, since they loved the train so much. They sorted and played!
Week 2, moms helped kids make new crayons by mixing up our old ones. I didn't get any pictures, but you should have seen your kids' creations come home. They turned out great a colorful and are fun to color with! It was a great way to use up last year's broken crayons.
SUCH A FUN WEEK!!! SO much great learning in science, math, art, and literacy. Loved it.
My goal with this theme was not to teach colors (they already know them), but to teach about mixing primary colors to make secondary colors, and to also introduce sorting (since sorting by color is usually the easiest). I definitely think we accomplished those 2 goals!
Dramatic Play: Paint Store
Thank goodness for college lesson plans, because I wasn't sure what to do here. The paint store was tons of fun. They loved working there (cash register is ALWAYS a hit and never gets old), and they loved painting! They "painted" the whole room over and over again and had a great time doing it.
Blocks: Mega Blocks and Legos
They're colorful, right?
Art:
Painting with primary colors. Great introduction to mixing colors and discovering what they do on their own. Didn't snap pictures, but we had some great art!
Gelatin molds. SO FUN! We called these "breast implants" in college.
It's just Knox Gelatin (3/4 cup boiling water to each packet, plus a little butter spray in each mold to make sure they come out) in bowls and various containers (the cool whip ones were great). The kids each had 2 small cups (old spice containers) with colored water (primaries only, for mixing) and eye droppers (generously donated, and also collected from my baby's Vitamin D drops). This was a HUGE SUCCESS! Some kids stayed here the whole hour. It starts with just squirting the water in, but pretty soon they have them torn to pieces and they're just loving rubbing their hands in it. What a FUN sensory experience and one we're going to have to repeat, they loved it so much. I only had 6 containers, but all 9 kids started the day doing it and no one complained when I asked them to scoot to add more chairs and to share their gelatin. They were awesome at sharing.
Colored bubble paint. Fail. It looks awesome on this pin, but not so awesome in our class. We tried it 2 ways, one with blowing a straw into the bin of colored bubbles and placing the paper on it to make prints. It's fun, but I guess I didn't use enough color. The kids preferred blowing them anyway. They had fun, and got some color on their papers, but barely. It ended up just being very messy, with bubble solution inside. (oh, and I did try it the night before and knew it wasn't going to be great, but still did it) Bubbles are better for outside!
Elmer the Elephant tissue paper painting. I had this fun book Elmer's Colors for the kids at the art table, then they got to choose one of 2 elephants, and then use liquid starch to paint colorful squares to their elephant. I rarely do art that seems "crafty" like this one did, with an already-planned end result (colorful elephant), but it went great with our theme, and tied in literacy. I sat at the table and read the book over and over again as they painted, and that got the kids bringing more books over to read and I spent almost 30 of the first 60 minutes just reading out loud as they painted or listened.
Manipulatives:
Color puzzles
Color book with coordinating CD
Paint chips with clothespins (not really interested)
Color sorting file folder games (not interested)
Colored horses with clothespin legs (loved this)
Pom Pom rainbows (really liked)
Pom Pom drop (fun and different way to sort, seemed to like it)
I liked the clothespin activities because of the great fine motor-building activity that it is, but I think that's what got them frustrated. They really do have a hard time opening them and would really only try with me helping, showing how, and encouraging. It's surprising to us how hard a task that is for little fingers (which is what makes it great for strengthening those tiny muscles).
Reading Center:
SO MANY great books about colors and mixing them.
Outside:
They are loving the swing set and some never leave it!
We also had colored water to mix in the water table on day 1. They had it all mixed to brown within a few minutes (which was the plan) and had fun.
Day 2, I had the primary colors in squeeze bottles and soap containers to make it take a little longer and it did! They loved mixing the colors and showing me what they made.
We also had colored sheet spraying both days, with primary colors in squirt bottles that they coud spray on a white sheet.
Week 2 we had rainbow rice in the sensory table and they loved that too! I made the colored rice by mixing 6-8 cups of rice in a bag with a few drops of food coloring and 2-3 tablespoons of rubbing alcohol. Once all the colors dried, I mixed them all together. This was really popular and we'll be keeping it out next week too.
Snacks:
Rainbow goldfish (to sort then eat)
Painted toast (milk with red and blue food coloring). They each got to "paint" a little on their bread with a pastry brush and they all learned how to make purple.
Smoothies. We mixed together a lot of different colors of fruit in our smoothie and made guesses what colors it would make. The kale won out and we had green smoothies!
Large Group:
Songs:
Color Soup
(not sure of the tune name)
Take some cherries, put 'em in the pot. Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot!
Pour it out and what will it be?
The prettiest red you ever did see!
(repeat with orange, lemon, lime, blueberries, grapes)
Red, and orange and yellow and green,
Blue and purple colors are seen,
Mix them together and what will it be?
The prettiest rainbow you ever did see!
Scat the Cat
(file folder has cat cut out, with colored papers inside)
I'm Scat the Cat, I'm a happy cat,
If you don't like my color, you can change it like that! (pull out colored paper to change cat)
Mitch the Fish
(file folder with fish cut out, and colored papers inside)
I'm Mitch the fish, I can swim and I can swish,
I can change my color, if you wish!
Week one, we tried this paper towel experiment that taught us about absorption, and mixed our colors! They loved coming back Thursday to see them all mixed together.
Week two, we did another experiment with celery to watch it absorb colored water. It wasn't as obvious as the first experiment, but we still made awesome predictions and got to check out our results, and see where the colored water had climbed the celery.
We also made patterns, read great books, and sang songs. This is such a singing group (YAY!) so we've had lots of fun singing. They are also LOVING their classroom jobs and helping with that, and it's making it easier to have only some kids help hold song props too. They could not handle taking turns with songs last year. They all needed a song prop, and are doing great this year at just singing when they're not helping.
Small Group: Big Success!
The first 2 weeks were awesome and I am SO excited about this! Thank you 100 times for being willing to help, because we are doing great things in small group! I loved being with just 4 kids to do an activity. I could level it to each group (some we just mixed colors, and others we found the letters in the color names, etc.).
In my groups, we mixed colors.
Week 1, were the playdough color wheels (you can get primary color play dough at Dollar Tree. Love it.
Week 2, we mixed colors with paint. Some were patient and stayed with me, and other had interesting color mixing, but we all learned through fun :)
In the other groups, they sorted and mixed.
Week 1, moms read Freight Train and helped the kids order their train, then sort objects by color. Awesome math skill.
I also put this in the block area, week 2, since they loved the train so much. They sorted and played!
Week 2, moms helped kids make new crayons by mixing up our old ones. I didn't get any pictures, but you should have seen your kids' creations come home. They turned out great a colorful and are fun to color with! It was a great way to use up last year's broken crayons.
SUCH A FUN WEEK!!! SO much great learning in science, math, art, and literacy. Loved it.
Welcome Back to School
The first week was a whirlwind, and lots of fun! It ran a lot more smoothly than expected (doesn't hurt to have 5 returning students who know the routine).
I pulled out all the classic favorites: housekeeping for Dramatic Play, the cars and road mat in the Blocks area, dry erase boards in the Writing Center, puzzles, plus water colors for Art. We even ate a favorite snack, goldfish crackers and apple juice. Outside, we got to play with our new addition, the Swing Set! I have been so excited all summer to get the kids on it. They loved it, but as usual flocked to the sensory table (and I got a second smaller one) and they were both full of water and ducks.
In large group, we learned class rules, each other's names, and sang new songs. We measured ourselves to compare later and watch how we grow. We also started off with new helpers. They will change weekly, but this week they did their jobs one day only, so other kids could get a chance the first week.
A few changes this year:
New mirror. So fun in Dramatic Play to let them check themselves out!
Swing Set
New Reading Center set up
New Schedule, with the addition of small group to accommodate different ages this year.
Class helpers (lights, doors, weather, days in school)
We are off to a great start!
Forgot to add that we decorated our summer tree. We gathered leaves outside to make leaf prints. We painted them green, then stamped them onto paper. I cut them out once they were dry. Some turned out great, and others stamped a leaf, then finger painted all over. They were still green so it worked!
I pulled out all the classic favorites: housekeeping for Dramatic Play, the cars and road mat in the Blocks area, dry erase boards in the Writing Center, puzzles, plus water colors for Art. We even ate a favorite snack, goldfish crackers and apple juice. Outside, we got to play with our new addition, the Swing Set! I have been so excited all summer to get the kids on it. They loved it, but as usual flocked to the sensory table (and I got a second smaller one) and they were both full of water and ducks.
In large group, we learned class rules, each other's names, and sang new songs. We measured ourselves to compare later and watch how we grow. We also started off with new helpers. They will change weekly, but this week they did their jobs one day only, so other kids could get a chance the first week.
A few changes this year:
New mirror. So fun in Dramatic Play to let them check themselves out!
Swing Set
New Reading Center set up
New Schedule, with the addition of small group to accommodate different ages this year.
Class helpers (lights, doors, weather, days in school)
We are off to a great start!
Forgot to add that we decorated our summer tree. We gathered leaves outside to make leaf prints. We painted them green, then stamped them onto paper. I cut them out once they were dry. Some turned out great, and others stamped a leaf, then finger painted all over. They were still green so it worked!
Friday, August 2, 2013
A New Year....
School starts this month and I'm getting excited! I've had themes and ideas running through my head for months now, or really all last year. I have finally gotten them listed, though, and I've been working on lesson plans too and it gets me so excited to start another year! You will see a few repeats from last year, although we do have half of our class returning. There were just so many things we didn't get to in those topics, that we'll be doing them again, but with completely different activities! I'm also really excited to be spending more time focusing on authors and illustrators, woven into many of our themes. This is going to be a great year!
August Themes
27, 29 Welcome to School
September
3, 5 Eric Carle: Colors
10, 12 Eric Carle: Colors
17, 19 Shapes
24, 26 Shapes
October
1, 3 Safety
8, 10 Safety
15 Healthy Bodies
22, 24 Healthy Bodies
29, 31 Halloween
November
5, 7 Music
12, 14 Music
19, 21 Transportation
December
3, 5 Transportation
10, 12 Holiday Celebrations
17, 19 Holiday Celebrations
January
2 Bears
7, 9 Bears
14, 16 Jan Brett: Winter
21, 23 Jan Brett: Winter
28, 30 Friends
February
4, 6 Friends
11, 13 Valentines
18, 20 Robert Munsch: Families
25, 27 Robert Munsch: Families
March
4, 6 Dr. Seuss: Rhyming
11, 13 Dr. Seuss: Rhyming
18, 20 Fairy Tales
25, 27 Fairy Tales
April
3 Feelings/Emotions
8, 10 Feelings/Emotions
15, 17 Easter
22, 24 Shadows
29, May 1 Shadows
May
6, 8 Laura Numeroff
13, 15 Laura Numeroff
20, 22 Favorites
27, 29 Favorites
August Themes
27, 29 Welcome to School
September
3, 5 Eric Carle: Colors
10, 12 Eric Carle: Colors
17, 19 Shapes
24, 26 Shapes
October
1, 3 Safety
8, 10 Safety
15 Healthy Bodies
22, 24 Healthy Bodies
29, 31 Halloween
November
5, 7 Music
12, 14 Music
19, 21 Transportation
December
3, 5 Transportation
10, 12 Holiday Celebrations
17, 19 Holiday Celebrations
January
2 Bears
7, 9 Bears
14, 16 Jan Brett: Winter
21, 23 Jan Brett: Winter
28, 30 Friends
February
4, 6 Friends
11, 13 Valentines
18, 20 Robert Munsch: Families
25, 27 Robert Munsch: Families
March
4, 6 Dr. Seuss: Rhyming
11, 13 Dr. Seuss: Rhyming
18, 20 Fairy Tales
25, 27 Fairy Tales
April
3 Feelings/Emotions
8, 10 Feelings/Emotions
15, 17 Easter
22, 24 Shadows
29, May 1 Shadows
May
6, 8 Laura Numeroff
13, 15 Laura Numeroff
20, 22 Favorites
27, 29 Favorites
Monday, June 3, 2013
Favorites Week
I've been asking them for weeks for ideas for Favorites Week, and since there were so many, some of them came out during the 4 seasons review too. Here's a few of them:
Dramatic Play:
Doctor's Office
Pet Store
Outer Space rocket ship
Blocks area:
Cars and roads
Dinosaurs
Farm animals and barns, plus stick horses (no pics or blog post...I was out with baby that week and there was a sub....just noticed I never blogged about it!)
Art:
Spin art with salad spinners
Puff paint in microwave (used ketchup and mustard bottles from Dollar Tree this time with a much cleaner result, except for me squirting the ceiling, to the children's delight!)
Foamie stickers
With all that chaos and fun, I also had out wicki sticks, dry erase boards, chalk boards, puzzles, the Puppet Theater, books (as always), but they pretty much played in dramatic play and blocks. It was fun seeing the dinosaurs mix into the Doctor's Office as they got sick, and then the stick horses and cowboy hats riding in the rocket to space. What a fun review of a fun year!!
The last day of school was enjoyed by making a batch of cookies (since they LOVE cooking), popping popcorn in my big popcorn machine, and watching a Leap Frog movie on the projector on the wall, just like in a real theater. They had a great time.
I can't say enough how much I have enjoyed teaching this year. It flew by so fast (what a cliche) and I'm relieved for a break, but I'm sure it'll be spent planning for next year, because there are so many great ideas I have we never got to. I can't wait!
Dramatic Play:
Doctor's Office
Pet Store
Outer Space rocket ship
Blocks area:
Cars and roads
Dinosaurs
Farm animals and barns, plus stick horses (no pics or blog post...I was out with baby that week and there was a sub....just noticed I never blogged about it!)
Art:
Spin art with salad spinners
Puff paint in microwave (used ketchup and mustard bottles from Dollar Tree this time with a much cleaner result, except for me squirting the ceiling, to the children's delight!)
Foamie stickers
With all that chaos and fun, I also had out wicki sticks, dry erase boards, chalk boards, puzzles, the Puppet Theater, books (as always), but they pretty much played in dramatic play and blocks. It was fun seeing the dinosaurs mix into the Doctor's Office as they got sick, and then the stick horses and cowboy hats riding in the rocket to space. What a fun review of a fun year!!
The last day of school was enjoyed by making a batch of cookies (since they LOVE cooking), popping popcorn in my big popcorn machine, and watching a Leap Frog movie on the projector on the wall, just like in a real theater. They had a great time.
I can't say enough how much I have enjoyed teaching this year. It flew by so fast (what a cliche) and I'm relieved for a break, but I'm sure it'll be spent planning for next year, because there are so many great ideas I have we never got to. I can't wait!
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