| | But what went was right about it was so right that it will carry me through anything!
One little guy came in refusing to join the group. When we left for snack, I told him he could not stay in the room by himself, and if he wouldn't walk, I would have to carry him. So I did, even though he struggled all the way. He sat on my lap during snack (didn't eat), and I just talked to him quietly the whole time, saying I knew it was scary, I was a little scared, too, and maybe we could help each other not to be so scared. At about that time, he started playing with my watch, so I let him wear it. By the time we got back to class, he was all smiles. I gave him a high five before he left and told him how proud I was of him. He said he would come back Thursday and wouldn't cry. There is no better feeling than that!
Another little girl was in my summer class. Her mom came late to pick her up, because she thought it was 11:30 instead of 11. I talked to her for awhile, and I told her I just love Kailey, and her mom just beamed and said, "She loves you, too! all summer she kept saying, 'Leitner is my favorite teacher,' and she kept wanting to play 'Leitner and Brickner'."  I wish I knew how a 3-year-old portrayed me in her pretend play! I told the mom how great she did, and she hugged me and said, "Thank you for being such a blessing."
I will carry those words with me no matter how things go the rest of the year. I know I'm a good teacher. My co-teacher knew what the director had said to me a few weeks ago (that I need to be "sillier" with the kids and more down to their level, which I've never found necessary; I think sometimes that people assume that's what all kids want but that it's not necessarily true), and she said she thought I had a great rapport with the kids and she totally loved what I did with the little boy who was crying.
There were things that didn't go so well, but nothing can destroy how it felt to hear those words: "Thank you for being such a blessing." 
Now to see how subbing goes tomorrow!  |
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