Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

I thought to myself "I don't have anything special to write about this week". But the truth is, I have been finding everything special in our class. Each and every moment, there is a child doing something interesting.

What is interesting?

Building with Keva planks
Washing paint off hands and arms
Changing from boots to shoes
Pretending to sell fruits and vegetables
Arguing over the cash register
Reading a book alone on a couch
Tearing masking tape off its roll
Drawing raccoons
Opening a snack container
Eating noodles without spilling them all over the floor
Creating a shopping list for making sushi tomorrow
Running, jumping, leaping, falling on the turf
Playing football ( yes, football complete with proper ball and teams!)
Going to the bathroom so independently
Taking turns, sometimes with ease, sometimes with great difficulty
Listening in group discussion time
Sharing their thoughts in group discussion time
Negotiating who sits where and with whom at lunch time
Organizing their bags, coats and other stuff in their cubbies

and listening to their conversations like this one-

Jack: You cannot marry someone you met a long time ago.
Kahlen: You can't marry someone in your family.
Miele: I want to marry my baby brother. She (pointing at Emma) is not going to marry Jack.
Kahlen: She wants to marry Jack but he doesn't want to marry her.
Jack: You just can't marry someone you knew for a long time (does he repeat this out of necessity?)
Emma: (looking at me) That's not even true, right?
Kahlen: When we marry, can you wear whatever you want? The flower girl has to match the bridesmaid dress.
Jack: Last wedding when mom and dad married, my mom threw the flowers.
Kahlen: I'm going to be a flower girl for my auntie's wedding.

The joy of teaching.

Emily

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