Saturday, September 7, 2013

Kindergarten Smindergarten!!

I took the plunge!!  I tackled the challenge!  I am teaching KINDERGARTEN!!  Yippee!  After 18 years in the gifted education program (which I loved), I can now say that I am a kindergarten teacher. I must say that I am enjoying every minute of it, too! In fact, I was so excited that I went to work extremely early the first two days. Day 1 was great. Day 2...well, let's just say that I thought I was superman.  I parked my car, and then re-parked it. I went to check the parking, and my jeep started rolling backwards! I tried to jump in it and stop it, but it stopped me!  Apparently, the door hit me, knocked me to the ground, and the tire went over my leg. Luckily, no bones were broken, but my leg was a mess. By the time I reached the ER, the leg was humongous, and I had a huge bump on my head from the front to the back from where my head HIT the pavement. ouch. The leg is still swollen, and the back of my head still aches a bit when I touch it, but I am working again. I went back to work after only two weeks off. The doctors really wanted me to stay out three weeks, but I wouldn't wait. So, this week was a four day week - due to Labor Day. By Thursday, my leg was aching and my foot was huge. The swelling has gone down into the foot. It didn't help any that I wouldn't wear my knee brace. It was either too tight, or it would slide down, so I took it off. That was a big mistake that I rectified Friday, by wearing it all day and using both crutches! Whew. The leg didn't hurt quite as bad, but my foot was still a few sizes too big.  Anywho, my students are terrific, and I love my new class. There is a lot to learn in kindergarten, for ME and my students. I will get the hang of it soon, though, and I am thoroughly looking forward to the challenge that lays before me.

A - Apple - a

haha

I - itch - i

See, I know the sounds already!! Now, I just need to figure out how to put the short vowel sound over letters in a word processing program.  haha

Have a great weekend!!