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| A day in the life of a daycare teacher |
Today was quite an interesting day in my one year old classroom. My class consists of ten one year old toddlers; all with very active and silly personalities. One of my lovely students decided he was going to repeat every word I said all day long. It was as if I had my own personal echo. At some point in the day you would think he would have gotten distracted and found something else to do but he didn’t. When I told one of his friends to keep her shoes on; he was right behind me leaning over and repeating "shoe on." At lunch, as I passed out each child's cup I said their name, and sure enough as each name came out of my mouth it came out of his too. One of my co-teachers whispered to me that she doesn't know how I haven't told him to stop. My response to her was that he is learning new words as he repeats what I say. It isn't something I found to be annoying or frustrating, I was proud that I was helping him learn. After all, that is what we are supposed to be doing as daycare TEACHERS!
I adore your perspective and your patience with your little echo! What a wise teacher you are!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun age and a great perspective! You are encouraging great learning in these little people!
ReplyDeleteI love how I could feel your patience and hear your voice through the writing. You know, copying is a form of flattery. I'm sure this little one admires you and learns a lot from you!
ReplyDeleteDitto everything Jenna said! Your patience comes through in your telling, and so does your obvious enjoyment of the work you do!
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