I have been working with the kids at Lebanon Elementary and Calvary Elementary for two weeks now. I love my job. I love my kids. They think I am cool because I play (very badly) three chords on the guitar and sing “Hello, Hello,” and “Down by the Bay.” I am teaching them to read silently as a group–that is a very hard thing, apparently. I do silly stories with stuffed animals and read aloud from EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS to the older ones. I only see them for half an hour so they come in and go out in nothing flat.<\/p>\n
\n My last class on Fridays is my MBD kids. There are a total of 6, but they don’t all come. Usually there are at least 2 or 3 aides with them. They are a wonderful way to end my week. All I do is sing songs or read stories. I really don’t know what else to do, but they are amazing–I never know what is going to cause a break-through with one of them. This week, Hunter, who is my Downs child, never talks, but when I read LITTLE GORILLA, he stood up and said, “My momma loves ME!” Now, the Holy Spirit told me what he said, because it was not very intelligible, but when I said back, “Your momma loves Hunter,” he nodded yes and so did the aides. So I guess I was right. While I love my job so far, I need to be at least three or four people instead of one. I have 650 kids and no time to do any of the “library” stuff–catalogue, order, etc. I try not to worry about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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