Teaching Preschool

I've been the preschool teacher the last two weeks.  This is probably my favorite time teaching so far.  The group we have right now is really good, and the kids liked the stuff we've been learning a lot.  This month we've been learning about ponds and the types of animals, insects, and plants that live in and around ponds.  On my last day of teaching I decided to take the kids on a nature walk to the stream by our house so they could explore something similar to a pond.

Zac was the first one to show up, so he, Lucas and Paige read books while we waited for everyone else.  My friend took Paige for me so I wouldn't have to chase after her on our nature walk.  That was probably another reason why I liked teaching preschool so much this rotation - I had friends take Paige almost every day.  Paige has a lot of energy these days and is an expert at getting into trouble so she's a bit of a handful.  Teaching preschool is almost easier than having to take care of Paige!

Here's Lucas and Alyse inspecting the water for tadpoles.  We were really hoping to find some to catch.

We had little plastic containers and spoons to gather up samples of plants and mud from the pond to make our own mini ponds.  I scooped up algae and muck for the kids.  Some of them were more excited about it than others.  Here's my cute little preschoolers.  We were missing one of our usual kids.  I like having such a small class to teach and they are a pretty well behaved group.

And here is Lucas's mini pond.  He had a fun time tromping through the grass, exploring for stuff to add to his collection.

And as always, we ended class with snack time.  I made the kids popcorn and they ate it like frogs by sticking their tongues to the popcorn.  We had a fun two weeks!