Saturday, January 29, 2011

Heart Warming Email

show details Jan 24 (5 days ago)
Hi Whitney,
I got your note to send my email address if I wanted your pics of "Big-E".  Unfortunately, I missed the part of your note to send my email the next day!  I had the paper with your note in front of the computer, where "Big-E" found it this weekend & brought it to me, I read it again & thought, Oh no!  I want those pictures!!
So I understand if you have already gotten rid of said-pics, but I would love copies of them if you still have them. 

I hope you had a great weekend.  We so miss not seeing you in the mornings & afternoons.  It was such a difficult decision to switch "Big-E"'s school.  I wanted to explicitly tell you that our decision has absolutely nothing to do with you; in fact, you have kept us from moving forward on our decision for about 4 months (however long you've been at Miss LeAndra's).  We found this school when "Big-E"'s last teacher was there & then we delayed it when we met you.  So I just wanted to make sure you knew that.  You are amazing, Whitney.  With the kids, with the parents, all the way around.  You are someone, I feel, who has truly found their calling.  You will touch many children's lives through your career & we feel extremely fortunate that you were able to teach and love "Big-E" all these months.  You have played a big part in why he is as sweet & advanced as we feel he is!! :-)

I'm not sure when "Big-E" will be back to daycare this week.  We had to go to Peds After Hours yesterday because "Big-E" was wheezing and having difficulty breathing; they're afraid he has pneumonia again, and he has a double ear infection.  :-(  That stinking runny nose he got on Friday developed into this.  Boo!!  I will keep you posted after we go to his dr today.

I hope you had/have a good Monday.  Take care,
"Big-E"'s Mom
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This email is an example of something that I cannot even put into words. It warmed my heart and gave me a lot of confidence in my abilities as an educator. A lot of times when I doubt myself I know that I will look at this email and feel warm and completely fuzzy. 

Thank you =)  And to note I love "Big-E" no matter where he goes. He is part of my very first class as a teacher.

**Name's have been blacked out and changed due to privacy & confidentiality

Monday, January 17, 2011

Teaching Made Easy

The title is a lie! There is no such thing but what I have learned from my "butterflies" is that even at one children know a lot more than people would ever imagine. And as much as I love poetry and music,so do my beautiful "butterflies". So here are some songs that I have made up and use in the "Butterfly Class" for the "butterflies".


  • Colors
    • Green is go
    • Blue is cold
    • Yellow means slow down
    • Orange is hot!
    • Brown is mud
    • White is the color of the clouds
    • Black is night
    • Red means stop!
    • That's how the colors go
  • Time to Eat
    • It's time to eat, eat eat
    • It's time to eat, eat ,eat 
    • (use in conjunction with the sign for eat in sign language and sing the song until the children learn that it's time to sit and eat.)
  •  Clean up
  • Come on Ride the Train