Quiet Observations

One of my favorite parts of teaching Kindergarten is sitting back, watching, and listening to the interactions between four and five-year olds. They are so sweet, so cute, so genuine. Here is a new component to our classroom website - enjoy my "quiet observations". I'll share them with you as they arise. Quiet Observation 1: Art has come to an end, and the Cottontails come back to class going on with our next routine activity without any instruction. Friends are quietly washing their hands in the Project Room. As I finish one last email from my spot at the Project Room table I overhear the following conversation. Cottontail 1: Remember when you were the Dust Buster and I was helping you and you said I was a really good helper? Cottontail 2: Yeah? Cottontail 1: Thanks. Cottontail 2: Well it's true, you were. My heart melts... Quiet Observation 2: Group Discussion has just finished. The Cottontails have headed back to class and I mosey in slowly behind the class of Kindergartners. I quietly grab my camera and stand in the doorway as I watch the class work together. The kiddos are standing in a circle in the Group Area. Each one has a hand placed in the middle, eyes gleaming, and big smiles. One friend says, "Ok. On the count of three let's say Go Cottontails!". They count to three and cheer. "One, two, three! Go Cottontails!". My heart melts…