Precious Girl...Why Do I Despair Sometime?

So I have this dear gr.2 girl,"Kate" who very very often forgets everything! She forgets her homework at home, she forgets to do her homework, she forgets her glasses & if she does remember then she forgets them in her locker! So Monday morning she walks in the door, no glasses, no book! "Kate", I said, "Where's your books & glasses?" She looks at me, eyes shining more then normal. "Go to your locker & check", I say.(And why wasn't I saying this all sweetly? Well to be honest, its Monday morning &already my day is running late!)Ok so there she's standing & as I ask her to do this, her eyes shine & her hand goes up. O she's clutching something in her hand..."Can I give you something?"she asks. My heart starts melting..."Yes",I say. She very delightfully hands me a little clay teddy sitting on some books that have a heart & say something about teacher on them...ok now I wish so bad I wasn't frustrated. I thank her with my heart melted n my day better...She goes & looks & no, she did not remember to bring her things but she did teach her teacher a lesson...My teddy is hanging in my window...I need to always keep my precious teddy to remind me to be patient & remind me of my precious girl...No, I've already forgotten this week but I do LOVE my students!!

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Pre schoolmeeting Inspirations

i'm heading up to our district school meeting starting today at supper until Friday noon. I'm ready to be with lots of other teachers & get some great inspirations!! Each school has an idea board we fill with ideas that work for us that we want to pass on!So in my bag are the ideas I've brought! Here they are for you! For art idea I brought our rice pictures I posted about a couple weeks ago. For devotions one day I read about Jacobs dream and then had them draw pictures about it so I brought those! Also my moose books. We have little rugs they stand on for singing, sit on for story & Social, etc. So I brought 1along. I love them cuz it gives them their space n they know how far they can go! So we'll see what ideas I come home with!!