Renewed

Since I was sick on and off the entire month of October, I've had a lot of time to think about what was wrong with my life --  at work. I thought about how I didn't want to go, how I wasn't a good teacher etc... and I probably made things worse in my mind. But now that I'm feeling like myself again, I have resolved to be the best Montessori Toddler Teacher that I can be! I've been bringing in real life objects and projects to teach the children. I want them to go home and tell their parents about stuff that you would never think that a toddler would know!

The first thing on my agenda was guacamole. How many children do you know that like avocados, and guacamole! I now know 11 children (1 wouldn't try it) that love it! One child asked his mom for avocados for breakfast. :) She was shocked! Mission accomplished.

Another thing I did was, I got out "Chica-Chica ABC" with a felt tree and velcro letters. An extension to that...I put coconut flavoring on a cottonball and put it in a scent tube. And to top it off... I brought in a real coconut! The children were fascinated as I poked a hole in it, poured out the milk and then smashed it with a hammer! They thought it was the coolest thing. And then they all tried the coconut. It was delicious! We love fresh coconut. (I was planning on taking coconut macaroons in the next day but that is when I came down with the stomach flu and was puking my guts out... I'll take macaroons in another day.)

Today we scooped out pumpkin guts (we also named the parts: stem, skin, pulp, meat, seeds...) and made a jack-o-lantern, closed the curtains, turned off the lights and stuck a flashlight in the jack-o-lantern. The children gasped as they saw the face illuminate. :) So worth getting covered in pumpkin guts. My job is fun again. :)