Back to school...

Last Wednesday, I spent the afternoon visiting classrooms in the school. It is a wonderful experience seeing the children as they begin a new school year. They are excited about learning (at least K - 6 is) and just full of energy. The 7 & 8th graders are excited as well, but it is more oriented toward seeing all their friends again and telling of their summer adventures.

I visited the three kindergarten classes and the 1st grade classes yesterday. We have 3 classes of each, although there are two all day kindergarten classes and one AM / PM kindergarten class so I was only able to visit the PM group of that class. Watching these young children in the classroom is so awesome. They are so excited about EVERYTHING. Each thing they do is a new experience. They approach every activity with such joy and wonder that it is refreshing to see. I watched one kindergarten class learn the basic colors and their numbers by grouping gummy bears by color and then counting the number of bears in each group. That's the kind of activities I'd like to be doing!

Well, being with the kindergarteners and 1st graders has reinvigorated me and makes me wish I was back in kindergarten. I think I will pretend I am back in kindergarten and go lay down on my blankie for an afternoon nap. Until next time...God bless.

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