Ever have one of those days? You know the type of day I'm talking about! The day that starts out deceivingly well...then quickly takes a nosedive!
Yep, you couldn't see if on their faces. You couldn't hear it in their voices. You just didn't know that every single child in my classroom was silently planning to self destruct within fifteen minutes of entering the classroom today!
So, here's how it started. Our first little guy made his way off the bus with my associate and into the classroom. I started the day like I do every day with him. A verbal prompt to unzip his coat. A picture prompt to unzip his coat. And wait. And wait. And wait. Then tears. Lot's of tears. Tears streaming, lip quivering. How could you POSSIBLY expect me to unzip my coat?! (yes, he is perfectly capable of unzipping his coat) A few more minutes of waiting, crying, waiting...then, a small hand decides, finally, to unzip the darn coat!
Whew! We climbed that obstacle, we're out of the woods, ready to get back on track and have a great day! Oh, but wait, we've made it to the table. We're eating our breakfast. Another little one decides to turn around multiple times in her chair and ends up spilling her breakfast (not enough to warrant immediate clean-up though). I remind her to "turn around and eat your breakfast". Tears, lots of tears! More tears! I have now successfully, somehow, made two children cry in less than 15 minutes!
The crying subsides and we move on with our day. A little guy walks past his friend to go to the carpet and reaches out and grabs the friend! No, not in a gentle, let's play kind of way! My guess is this little guy was upset that I had to charge my Mp3 player and the music was not playing. Well, believe me, if there was any way I could have milked a few last bits of juice out of that rechargeable battery for the Mp3 player, I would have!! Nope, it was dead. And here we are with two children who have cried and a child who is trying to hurt his friend...and it's 8:35 in the morning.
Yep, great way to start a Monday morning! Let's hope tomorrow starts off a bit better!
(Just a note: The two children who cried were clearly not feeling well today. Of course, they had no temperature...so they stayed at school. One of these children also was sent home sick last Friday! The other child was yawning uncontrollably all afternoon and flopped on his cot the moment it was out! We also had multiple other children with stuffed up noses, hyper sensitive to sounds and general tiredness. Ugh! I am tempted to come to work tomorrow in a full body Hazmat suit!)
Yep, you couldn't see if on their faces. You couldn't hear it in their voices. You just didn't know that every single child in my classroom was silently planning to self destruct within fifteen minutes of entering the classroom today!
So, here's how it started. Our first little guy made his way off the bus with my associate and into the classroom. I started the day like I do every day with him. A verbal prompt to unzip his coat. A picture prompt to unzip his coat. And wait. And wait. And wait. Then tears. Lot's of tears. Tears streaming, lip quivering. How could you POSSIBLY expect me to unzip my coat?! (yes, he is perfectly capable of unzipping his coat) A few more minutes of waiting, crying, waiting...then, a small hand decides, finally, to unzip the darn coat!
Whew! We climbed that obstacle, we're out of the woods, ready to get back on track and have a great day! Oh, but wait, we've made it to the table. We're eating our breakfast. Another little one decides to turn around multiple times in her chair and ends up spilling her breakfast (not enough to warrant immediate clean-up though). I remind her to "turn around and eat your breakfast". Tears, lots of tears! More tears! I have now successfully, somehow, made two children cry in less than 15 minutes!
The crying subsides and we move on with our day. A little guy walks past his friend to go to the carpet and reaches out and grabs the friend! No, not in a gentle, let's play kind of way! My guess is this little guy was upset that I had to charge my Mp3 player and the music was not playing. Well, believe me, if there was any way I could have milked a few last bits of juice out of that rechargeable battery for the Mp3 player, I would have!! Nope, it was dead. And here we are with two children who have cried and a child who is trying to hurt his friend...and it's 8:35 in the morning.
Yep, great way to start a Monday morning! Let's hope tomorrow starts off a bit better!
(Just a note: The two children who cried were clearly not feeling well today. Of course, they had no temperature...so they stayed at school. One of these children also was sent home sick last Friday! The other child was yawning uncontrollably all afternoon and flopped on his cot the moment it was out! We also had multiple other children with stuffed up noses, hyper sensitive to sounds and general tiredness. Ugh! I am tempted to come to work tomorrow in a full body Hazmat suit!)
I know those days!!! Yuck! I'm sorry it was a tough one. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better! :)
ReplyDelete:) Thanks Ayn- pretty much nowhere to go but up! :)
ReplyDeletebahh, those days are always brutal. we have so many germs now too!
ReplyDeleteRachel- I'm trying to get better about taking my vitamins...can't hurt...that and a hazmat suit should do the trick! -pretty sure all preschool teachers should do this!
ReplyDeleteand CacheyMama- thanks so much for making my bad day a bit better :)