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Things you don’t want your teacher to know…

I’m sure there are a whole lotta things you hide from your teacher, such as your little notes about him or her, or the caricatures you doodle to make fun of them, but of all, I think this is one thing you don’t want your teacher to know:

Free essays, eh? Hmmmm.

I got this in my email inbox not too long ago, after I assigned an essay to my students. Definitely not the kind of thing you want your teacher to see.

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Growing Up Is Hard To Do!

One thing I will miss most from teaching preschooler is being with the joyful spirit of innocence. When I am with the kids, I feel like I still am very young, despite the aches and pains I may feel while working with them. They also help me keep the child in me alive by making me laugh, not just have fun, but to really laugh those deep belly kinds of laugh that really go to the core of you.

However, every now and then I think about how I have to “grow up”.  I need to think more seriously about moving on to the next phase in my life, personally and professionally. I guess that’s really why I’m lucky that I also teach in the college level because that caters to the adult side of me.

I still wish I could afford to keep on teaching until I’m much older to the point that I am no longer looking for life term insurance but I will be considering term insurance for seniors already. Yup, I seriously love to teach well into my old days but I know that’s an impossibility! I hope, however, that I can still work with kids in some other way as I age. This website, for example, is one way for me to do that

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My Concept Wall

It’s been over a month since classes started and I realized I still have not posted what my classroom concept wall looks like. With no further ado, here it is!
The caterpillar is actually a recycled one from my Toddlers days but I love it so much I decided to keep it, even if my students don’t really need it. For the calendar, I decided to up the ante by having the kids master the concepts of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

My favorite feature, however, is the reading train. My co-teacher painted that over the summer There are a series of pockets which currently hold our various word lists. An alternative I was thinking of is tracking titles of books we read throughout the month. Fun idea, huh?

Join in and jump aboard the reading train!

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Teacher’s Back Hurts :-(

While being a preschool teacher may be full of fun and excitement, it is not without any job hazards. For one, I have not had my toe nail grow back to normal after it has been trampled on, dropped upon and abused by my kids. Lately, however, I have been contending with one of the worst job hazards ever: lower back pain. I know there is a right way to bend and squat, and I guess I really haven’t been quite careful about it because now, my lower back is always soooooo painful. At times, even slight movements make me cringe. I think I need to see an acupuncturist or a therapist to help realign whatever and help ease the pain. Also, I KNOW losing weight will help a lot, and I can’t really dilly-dally around with that. Perhaps some apidexin supplements will help kick start the weight loss and ease the back pain. It really is crucial that I get this done ASAP! Perhaps, if I feel better physically, I may reconsider leaving preschool next school year.

job hazards I have learned to live with

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Child-proofing and room safety

One of the most common accidents that happen in school is what we call in Tagalog “nakanto”, or when a child hits the corner of a shelf or a table. One way we address this in our school is by making sure the tables we get have rounded edges, but these are not really a dime a dozen, right? I was once able to buy those plastic office furniture kid safety pads (those plastic thingies that you slip to the corners of a table) but we lost two of them. Now, I can’t seem to find replacements In the meantime, we placed cut-up sponges in the corners.

Another common classroom accident are fingers caught in the door We were able to find a rubber foam stopper that helped eradicate this problem in school. It’s looks like a butterfly and it helps block the door from closing completely, so tiny fingers don’t get caught even though you close the door. Will post a picture of it soon!

The scariest room danger, however, are electrical outlets. It’s like no matter what you say, children seem to gravitate towards them. I’m glad we were finally able to find those socket blockers so now I feel much better about it. Before, what we could do would be to cover up the outlet itself by putting a shelf in front of it or hiding it behind posters and charts.

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