The fist few days of Field!

I started field yesterday! Wow what an amazing teacher we have! He started making a film with his students. He taught each student hoe to set up and run, lights, cameras, green screen, clapper (you know the thing you clap in front of the camera for each take, it really is called the clapper!). We had the director and assistant director, the whole sha-bang! The students are great I’m really going to enjoy this field experience. Today we went to PE with the class, no we didn’t play, but we had a good time watching. While I was sitting on the sidelines observing the other team out of the blue a ball smacked me in the side of the head! Yep it pretty much gave me a headache all day! As if my head hasn’t been hurting for the past few weeks learning about Ed Physc! Oh well life goes on!

Halloween... ghosts, gouls, witches and goblins!

Have you ever wondered how Halloween came about? Why we do we dress up as scary creatures and go from house to house asking for candy? Well I may be able to answer some of your questions why we celebrate Halloween and how it came to be such a recognized holiday…

Why I wanted to become a teacher...

I’ve always had a joy of teaching. My mother was a preschool teacher for 25 years and instilled that love in me. The love I refer to is not only teaching, but much more. The twinkle in a child’s eye as they discover the world around them. The excitement they feel when they want to share and teach fellow students.
Discovery is more than seeing something new for the first time, it is experiencing something innovative. This is why I want to be a teacher. Children have so much potential and yet, some never experience the opportunity to receive it. I believe teaching is not just sitting in a classroom with the teacher in front directing a lecture. Teaching is hands on; it is exciting, using all five senses to learn. This is what I want to bring to the classroom, using the same excitement and experiments that young minds grow on.