The sunrises have been BEAUTIFUL this week. Just gorgeous. They make the long drive to school a thousand times more enjoyable.
I think Thursday was the busiest day we've had all school year.
At the start of each class, we had a presenter from Stop Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) come to talk about being safe and not letting anyone take pictures of or touch your private areas. She also talked about how no one should hurt you. They learned that if any of that happens, they need to stop and go tell a different grown up.
After the SCAN presentation, we went to visit a lamb. Yes, a real live lamb. One of the the second grade teachers fosters sheep that are neglected/rejected by their moms. This little lamb was three weeks old and adorable. She was so soft and snuggly! The kids loved her. And I was singing the song from the handwriting without tears CD "There's a dog in school" (but replaced dog with sheep) all day!
We had a little free choice time before another presenter came to our classroom. The school nurse organized dental presentations for all of the classrooms (if they wanted) and I had the "dentists" (I'm not sure if that's what they really were, but that's what my kids called them, and I went with it) present for both my classes. I started the day feeling bummed about my terrible observation and was glad to have something out of the ordinary happening. After the morning presentation, the "dentists" told me how great my class was. The dentists said they were the most polite, best listeners out of all of the classes that morning. They wondered how I did it :) They told the school nurse over and over how awesome the 4Kers were. When they came back for the afternoon class, they again were amazed at how well behaved the kids were. They said the 4K classes were the best classes they presented to all day long :) They were in the classroom for about 10 minutes before each presentation, so they got to see me and the kids in action. Two strangers got to see how my classroom really runs. I was so proud of those kids :)
The morning class got ready to go home after the dental presentation. We had a surprise fire drill after the afternoon class's presentation- what a busy day!
