It has been a wild week. Teaching grade one is very different than what I am used to. Little kids need you for so much - putting rain boots on, opening snack containers, sharpening a pencil... But through a busy first few days, those little kids have shown me love, pure and simple. How to share with others by giving them half your goldfish crackers, how to show friendship by holding hands, how to help someone by finding their gloves in the coatroom – it is that easy. They never question kindness; it just comes naturally to them. And there were situations this week that made me realize love in other ways too. Bringing in my speakers and sub to blast one of my favourite classical pieces of music for my grade three’s, Mars, from The Planets by Gustav Holst = LOVE. My friends and brother returning from holidays to bring me back chocolates (3 boxes I got in total) = LOVE. A handmade necklace by a student’s mother in my grade four class, given to me yesterday = LOVE.
I wish you all to live with love as well :)
New puppets! Little ones for my little grade ones.
Shirt: Anthropologie
Red Heart Necklace worn as bracelet & Turquoise Heart Bracelet: Blue Ruby
Diamond Heart Bracelet: Vintage
LIVE WITH LOVE Necklace: handmade
Silver Rings: from a roadside vendor in Squamish
Makeup: idea stolen from Raiders of the Lost Ark
At first glance I thought your eyelashes were matted to your lids. My eyes are playing tricks on me!
ReplyDeleteI truly admire teachers for all you do. I have a son in first grade and he still struggles with tying his shoes. Why did they create Velcro and slip-ons? It has ruined the shoe-tying biz. The kids are so cute and have such different personalities
Jen Hemming and Hawing Again
I'm obsessed with finger puppets! One summer I worked in a School Supply - Open to the Public - Warehouse and I used my employee discount to buy finger puppets, even though I'm not a teacher. Haha. They were just too cute, I had to have them!
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