The bitter...
There are 12 1/2 days of school left. I am in shock. Wasn't I just sitting around planning the first week of school yesterday? It has been a GREAT year... about the best a first year teacher could ever have. My students are fantastic, I have several very supportive and wonderful parents, KTIP went smoothly, and I feel very good about the progress and success of all my students. On Friday, June 3rd as we line the sidewalk and wave goodbye to the buses as they pull away I will cry. No doubt about it. I will miss the kids in my class BUNCHES. They needed me this year and I needed them. They love me to pieces and think I am the queen (this is one of my FAVORITE things about teaching kindergarten). And I love them and their hugs, smiles, the funny things they say and how even when I am tired or in a bad mood at least one of them will somehow make me smile.
The sweet...
However, I know they will go on to spectacular first grade classes and dazzle their teachers with their knowledge and how precious they are in general. As the days wind down it's easy to see that the kiddos are tired, I am tired, and summer break is just what the doctor ordered :)
I also realize that I will get a whole other group of students in August that also need me and will love me and whom I will love in return. They will also make me smile and improve my mood with a funny comment or hug. They will be a whole new group of little "sponges" that think my lessons are fun and that I hung the moon :)
So for now, I will enjoy the days I have left with my first ever class of kindergarteners (remind/beg them every day to come back to visit me!) and look forward to seeing how they continue to learn and grow.
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