The Joys of Preschool...

I finished my week as the lead teacher, and it was a complete success! I'm still not entirely sure how it happened, but I have earned back the respect and trust of everyone at the center. One comment that my supervisor wrote in her observation notes was that she had never seen so much improvement from a student teacher within one week. I think I even surprised myself!

I am especially proud of 3 things that I did this last week that I think really "enriched" the lives of the preschoolers:

• For three days, I had bubble wrap in the sensory table, and now the entire preschool class knows the joys of popping bubble wrap.
• I put three of my favorite books, by Doreen Cronin, in the reading center: Click Clack Moo; Thump, Quack, Moo; and Giggle Giggle Quack. Love them!
• During one group time, I played clips of two Bach pieces, the Flower Duet, and Agnus Dei.

I feel that, with the addition of these three pieces in my unit, my work at preschool is done. ;)