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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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