Spring break, why did you live me?

I made it back to work and got a chance to hear the stories of my kids about their Spring Breaks. They had some great stories and many of them got a chance to visit tropical areas. Talk about a sun tan, oh yeah, my shoulders are still peeling as I type. That's ok with me you can ask the question. I'll answer it for you, yes, Black people can get sunburned. Hahahha! Now that we've gotten past that, I was super excited to see the children. They make it easy for me to get up daily and attend school. I found that I much rather deal with 5 year old children because they tend to be more well rounded and put together than many adults. Are you smarter than a 5 year old? Let that marinate for a while.

Today we took the children on a field trip to the Seoul Zoo. We had 3 parents volunteer to chaperon for us, 2 loyal mothers and 1 loyal father. Thanks Saija, Gigi, and John for all that you do for our classroom, you all are truly amazing! The children raved about the Dolphin Show which I knew that they would. We decided to change our field trip from the Children's Zoo to the Seoul Zoo for the Dolphin Show alone. It paid off because that's all the children could talk about. We saw many animals and the children where asked "are these animals living or non-living and why?". We just started a new themed unit titled "I'm Alive" and we wanted to kick it off with a field trip to the zoo. Once again for the record, these children are the luckiest children in the world. I wish that I had this type of commitment from my teachers and their level of knowledge when I was 5 years old.

We did lots of walking and didn't think that the kids would be able to handle it, but found out that with the joy of seeing animals move and do what animals "do" they didn't think much about the walk. This is one of the best field trips that I've been apart of at school. The children were well behaved, by the way, they always are, but it was great to have such a good experience outside of school with them. I'm quite sure that we are going to go into great detail about the trip first thing in the morning.

I was super teacher again and decided to place all of the children's lunches inside of a container and carry them along. This was heavier then your drunk uncle at the family reunion. One of the mother's and myself carried it about a mile from its origin to the lunch area. The children were happy, so it was all worth it. I'm going to need a massage...hahaha! Lunch went off well, after the lady tried to kick us out for the children having their own lunches. She was hushed and we went on eating as planned. Who would kick 30 children out in the cold?

We made it back to school and the children headed straight to p.e. Many of them were tired but they participated anyway. Strong little kids! The day ended and I made my way home and worked on an assignment. A photo may come later.

Until next time...be good to yourself and each other!!!