Pretty calm week this week. Classes are all drawing to an end, and final projects are getting turned in. I always love the week before finals because I feel like I get so much accomplished!! All the things that I have been working on for the semester are getting turned in and I can check them off my to do lists. Finals are not going to be very bad this semester.
Finished up my Pre-School Curriculum class today, and after all, I ended up really enjoying that class! I went in thinking, Pre-School? I don't want to teach Pre-School!! But with the way the job market is right now, I have realized that next year it may be a possibility, for a little while anyways. I think that once I got into my field experience, and I met the WONDERFUL students in my class, it really changed my mind.
I was working with a special needs pre-k. The children varied in their abilities and temperament, but I really enjoyed getting to see them every week. I have always known that it takes a very special person to work with children with special needs, and never thought I may be interested in that. But working with these children was amazing. I love working with kids, helping them learn something new, and the excitement on their faces when they finally get something we have been working on is priceless. But something was different with these kids. They already have so much more that they have to learn to do, and with them, the smallest achievement sent us through the roof. I think that is one thing I want to strive for in my classroom someday. I want every achievement, big or small, to be a HUGE deal!! I know it may be hard to acknowledge somethings, but I want to try. Who knows, maybe that's all some of these kids need, someone to cheer for them when they succeed. It may be a big undertaking, but I'm up for the challenge!!!
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