I have the best job in the world, if I do say so myself!!! Being a teacher is one of the most rewarding things I have ever done.  It’s such a joy watching them grasp the concepts we teach and soak everything up like sponges!  Today I had to laugh.  We had a prospective parent and student visit the class. During the time they were there, the twin boys got in an argument (which is unusual because they get along soo well), another student fell and banged up his arm, and a third student refused to listen to my assistant. It was insane!!!  What a day!!

Meanwhile, I have a vast range of teaching to do.  Some of my students are in the verge of reading (!) while there is another that just joined our class who doesn’t know her letters yet!  Augh, what a challenge it is to keep them all captivated and motivated.

I think one of my favorite parts about teaching is the fact that I also get to teach a Bible lesson each day. It’s sooo rewarding and challenging to see them graps the truths we are teaching them and to see them eager to learn more about Jesus!! We’ve started a Scripture memory time in our class as well. Currently we are working on John 3:16. It’ll lead us into the Easter Season quite well.

A fun part of the day is our theme/craft time.  Each week we have a different them that we study such as Tools & Machines, Pets, Friendship, Christmas Around the World, Insects & Spiders (a huge favorite!) and so many more.  This week we are studying “Cultures of the World” or as my four year olds say “Around the World”.    Tomorrow we are making African drums out of plastic cups, masking tape, and (get this) shoe polish!! It’s going to a messy job but the result is really cool!!!!  On Thursday we are going to celebrate the Chinese New Year as this week is the begining of the Chinese Lunar New Year.  We’re going to make dragon masks and have a parade.  I was going to have some fun foods from around the world but my students are picky eaters!!!  My word! If it’s something new “I don’t like it” is what I hear!! Goofy kids!

I am so blessed to have such a wonderful job. I hope to eventually go back to school and get an actual teaching degree.  Now that I’ve found something I love to do, I want to keep doing it! So, hopefully we can get some of our debt paid off and I can go back to school.  We shall see what God has in store, especially since it doesn’t look like having a family is part of that plan.