T has been telling me he wants to help me at my school. So on Monday, M brought him to school at 11. There was no way he would wake up at 6:30, he said it was vacation time!
When they came in we were rehearsing our Nursery Rhymes play. Then it was my lunch time, he had a late breakfast and didn't eat. In the teacher's lounge I introduced him to some teachers then went to visit my friend Jennifer in 2nd grade. T thought 2nd grade was way better than Kinder. I beg to disagree, so did Jennifer :)
When my students came to my room, they thought T was my son (I love those kids lol). T helped correct their work, he told me he understand the work teachers do better now, he said correcting work takes time and effort. He decided he would not want to be a Kindergarten teacher because the kids are too talkative and immature. Then he decided teaching was not for him and went outside to play. After the kids finished their work I let them go outside too, and pretty soon T was the leader of the pack, with all the kids running after him (shades of Hamelin)? Afterwards, he read them a book and it was time to go home. The next day we were going on a field trip and the kids asked him if he would come along. T's answer NO, asked my not, he replied I got enough of you today!!!
I think he has a little more respect for my work now, he said he understands if I come home tired.
Conversely, my sister M had said she was going to come help me at school some days during her stay in California. She came to help me one day, she helped clean up the room for Open House and did a good job, but she asked me if the kids were always so noisy (I have a super energized class this year). She didn't come back lol.
