Teaching
is such a fun career, and everyday I learn something new. Today I’m
linking up with Miss Kindergarten for the Top Ten Things I’ve
Learned from Teaching. I hope you enjoy reading my top ten and reflect a little
on all the things you have learned too.
1. Be Prepared – Especially at the beginning of
the year while you are trying to feel out your kiddos, always have more
planned. You never know when you might need a little something extra to keep
your kiddos busy.
2.
Be Flexible – Things come up. I sometimes laugh that my lesson plans are the
greatest fiction that I have ever wrote. I try to follow them each day, but we
have fire drills, assemblies, teachable moments, and just the every day silly
stuff.
3.
Teach your kiddos that respect is important. Yes, I want my kiddos to be
successful academically. But even more, I want to be proud of their character
and the content of their hearts. Teach your kiddos to respect others.
4. Differentiated Instruction- In college,
differentiated instruction is the buzz word that everyone hears constantly. But…
differentiating instruction is so important to meeting the needs of your
kiddos. I love checking out A
Differentiated Kindergarten blog. She has the most amazing ideas of
differentiation in kindergarten.
5. Be organized- Your students will thrive in an
organized and structure environment.
6. Teaching is more than coloring. In college I
couldn’t stand the people who
said that the field of education was a coloring major. Teaching is so much more
than coloring.
7.
Never Stop Learning- The best teachers are the ones who never stop learning and
never stop trying to learn the best practices in education.
8.
Don’t try to be their friend. You are not there
to be liked. You are there to be the teacher. The students will respect you for
teaching them.
9. Start a diary- Every night at dinner I have a
hilarious story or two to share with my husband. Write these stories down. On
the bad days, it is always fun to read through the funny things. Remembering
the child who was thankful for cheese, starfish, and penguins at Thanksgiving
or the child who asked Santa for deodorant for his daddy makes my day every
time!
10.
Teaching is an AMAZING career. It is a job that I can’t
wait to get up and go to each day!
