I have always been a kid at heart - probably because I work with kids all day long. However, I think a lot of it has to do with a personality quirk. I would prefer to run around a soccer field and read Frog and Toad are Friends all day to ever, EVER sitting in a cubicle. I'll even take the sniffly noses, the tantrums and tattling and the INCESSANT questions.
'Miss Lauren - when is recess again? When are we going to library? Am I getting picked up today? What's for lunch - am I having hot lunch? Did my mom pack me a lunch? Are we having outdoor recess? Why does Myles get to go with Miss Beth and play on the IPADS WHY CAN'T I GO!?!?'
It's awesome. I promise.
The best part, really and truly, is when you get to engage students in your passions, and what truly makes you tick. For me, that was always the arts. Drama club and jazz band made high school that much more tolerable, and I'm definitely sure that my parents still have art projects from my elementary days stored away for safekeeping and sentiment.
The goal of this blog is to infuse more creative arts into the current Common Core classroom. Today, too many requirements are placed on students and teachers, and I think we are severely lacking color in our classes. Feel free to comment and share YOUR ideas for bringing creativity into your classroom and what worked and didn't work for you :-) ENJOY!
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