Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week. It was my very first celebration like this and
...I loved it!
For the 25 years I worked as a nurse, I never experienced anything like this. But I guess patients come and go while teachers get to stay with the same students and parents all year.
This is how Heidi and my desks looked all week.
Many of the children brought in a flower or two for each of us. They were all so lovely and our room smelled awesome.
There was a lily in the bunch and three year old Lily got a kick out of that. She said "That's a lily and I'm a Lily" and laughed. Too cute!
I couldn't miss this opportunity to take a photo of my friend and co-worker teacher Heidi with her son Scott. They are standing outside of our classroom. Scott is in my first grade after school program too.
And here's a photo I captured of our students giving Heidi some love.
In the middle of this celebration week, we still had to do some work. The children are learning to read using their site words. I cannot believe how three year olds can learn so quickly. They get to hold a site word and the whole class reads together.
The children were so excited as we started with a caterpillar and over the week watched as it transformed into a butterfly. We took them outside so we could release the butterflies.
One of the butterflies was so slow to leave as he clung to the orange slice. But when he finally let go and flew, the children were so excited and waved goodbye.
All week we had the opportunity to wear jeans and even flip flops. I loved that as I usually live in flip flops. This photo was taken in our teacher's lounge. My car pool buddy Tara is standing to the right of me.
We have an exploration time every day for the children. Ellie was playing with the building blocks instead of actually building with her classmates. But it provided me with another photo opportunity!
Oh and did I mention that the Parent Association provided us with an English Tea? What a special treat it was!
It doesn't get much better than this! Thank you for all your hard work and time Mrs. Parrish.
We had a Pep Rally for Teacher Appreciation Week too.
Our cheerleaders got in on the action and excitement of the pep rally. Some of these girls are only three years old; too cute!
The winner of our Mismatched Outfit award went to Mrs. Jones. She went all out. I just hope she didn't have to stop at the grocery on her way home from school; lol.
Check out these sunglasses! It was hot and sunny during the pep rally.
Here are some of the teachers playing musical chairs. The kids got a kick out of this one. Of course, there's Heidi in her mismatched outfit and dancing. I love working with Heidi as she always makes everything such fun. That's a good thing with three year olds!
Many of the children participated in Crazy Hair Day. Here's Mena who is one of my first grade after school students. It's a good thing it washes out!
I would love to share more but this post would go on and on. But we did get to have 15 minute chair massages, a candy bucket and a special lunch brought to Heidi and I from one of our student's moms. Thanks Jennifer! It was delish!
All in all, teacher appreciation week was a hit! We had such fun and it provided me with many photo opportunities. So to all you teachers out there ...keep up the good work!
You are appreciated!
Blessings and love,
