Learning new things...

I believe you really do learn something new everyday. 

A wise woman told me that children who love music are supposedly good in math.  Little did she know this totally sparked new thinking...changing my focus this summer break to math concepts and taking a break from colors.  ha  I know my daughter is only two so I say these things jokingly.  She IS already counting to 13 and backwards from 5 to 1.  (She is also telling knock knock jokes.)  It is all to Mrs. Betty's credit...who just happens to be the wise woman I was talking about.

A friend of mine texted me this evening with the news that the world was supposed to end on Saturday.  Little did she know this totally sparked new thinking...if the world ends Saturday, it won't matter if Chloe Jo knows her colors or not.  (heehee)

You might need a tissue for this issue...
Today was our fieldtrip to the Strawberry patch.  I got to spend some time with my little girl who is a foster child.   My heart just breaks for her.  She is that kid who just randomly wants to hold your hand.  She told me when we were in the field picking strawberries she wished I was her real mama.  When we were on the hayride she put her arm around me and just rested it there like she was my little girl.  Neither one of us said a word...I just gave her that moment to imagine how the other kids felt who had parents on the trip. 

I know God has a plan for her.  He put her in my classroom.  She steals.  Anything she wants she takes without asking.  But, I love her.  She struggles to trust and do good things.  She has suffered.  She has survived.  She took a friend's snack today.  I spoke with her case worker about her stealing food lately and found out she will be moving next week.  Her foster mom cannot deal with her issues.  I addressed the hair issues we have had and what a difference such a simple thing as having someone fix her hair made each week.   All she said was hopefully she will be placed in an African-American environment.  This stuff hits me hard friends...

A poem in my classroom:

Believe in children-
There is faith in their eyes,
love in their hearts,
kindness in their voices,
Thrill with them at
life's BIG and small moments-
hold them close.

                     Author Unknown