Falling in love....

..... with a career.

Wh at a day to write about love right?! While I'm busy between baking banana muffins, laundry, lesson planning, and cleaning after a longs week work.

I refer to Valentines day as "Happy Heart Day" or "Happy Love Day" because I think people have such a negative attitude about Valentines Day, and to be honest I do not need a day to tell those I love that I love them. However I do think that we can recognize this day full of love

 But as I'm getting to work in a classroom I have found that I am growing fond of this little love day. I was able to make my first valentines day cards for my students and I tried getting creative. Once I got to class this morning one of my students didn't bring a box I stepped in as 'mom' and whipped up a box. Put his name on some valentines and we called it a party!

I am in love with special education preschool. My heart is happy here!

Here are my reasons why in a nutshell!

Milestones
Nothing is better than seeing a student become potty trained or able to identify numbers, letters, or colors. I have been working with two of my students and have been tracking their progress. I am in awe and am so proud of how far they have come with their knowledge. For such little minds they sure hold a lot of knowledge. Not to mention they are adorable.
Little Friends &Giggles
"Grab a friend and let's head back to class" is the most precious sight. The kids in my class may be labeled with different disabilities but they do not see race, ability, male from female or disability. And it is truly so beautiful.
Pink Eye & Endless Colds 
I forgot how many germs littles carry. Well my body sure feels the effects of that. I have never had so many colds, but its worth it (kind of). Pink eye on the other hand. Holy moly! Seven out of Twelve kiddos have pink eye. Actually maybe more. Let's just say as precaution I have the drops and have been using them daily.
Honesty
This is huge to me right now. People need to be honest and trustworthy. My students will tell you if they hit 'Johnny' or is they take his toy. I love it. It's fresh, pure and my kiddos learn from it.
Smiles
Regardless of how tired I am I always greet the buses and get everyone off the buses in the morning. With the cold weather that job gets tricky. The minute those two feet step off the bus and the smiles race towards me the day is going to be a good one! I wish I could bottle the energy and smiles of my students and sell it. More people need it!
Support
I work with the most amazing teacher and para pro. They accepted me into their classroom from day one.  I am in awe of the work that my mentor teacher does. She has organized chaos and I am loving it. We collaborate on things, I bounce ideas off of her and offer my suggestions to her based off observations. And most importantly I am learning a lot and being able to put what I learn in my course work to use!
Inspiration
Each and every day I am inspired to do better, to improve on my practice and to give my students the very best they deserve. I am growing as a person, educator, and more importantly my heart is growing in love too!


The way I see it is that these kids have the future at their finger tips. While others like my preschoolers live like there is never going to be a tomorrow. What a way to live right?! My preschoolers show me each and every day how to love. How to love learning. How to love others. How to love sharing. How they love laughing, singing, and chatting about just about anything. They love drawing, creating and solving lifes mysteries found in puzzle pieces.

I find it so rewarding already how much of an impact you can have on such young kiddos. If you start them off with the right role models and sets of foundations they have

Middle School on the other hand is a completely different story... But they too offer their own story. They will write their way into my book one day. But for now I will relish in the little faces and happy faces I find each day I walk to greet the buses.

Love somebody today, but more importantly find love in something you do day in and day out.

Happy love day! I hope you have a happy heart!