Today was out of control. We had 18 kids today. All of them but 4 had to be yelled at multiple times. Not a one of them was listening today. One kid told every adult who was in the room today "no." Then he was trying to tell one of the other kids that she wasn't the boss and couldn't tell anyone else what to do. A few kids had to have a note ( Read more... )

Today one of my students had a really rough day. When we pulled in to the parking lot the first thing I saw was Amelia's face in the window, crying her eyes out. When I got onto the room she was still crying, so I went over to see what the problem was. She said "I just want my daddy!" She was also picking at her scab again. She settled down ( Read more... )

My day was OK today. My picky eater at school was not too bothersome during the morning. After nap, a totally different story, but morning he was OK. Our separation anxiety cutie-boy did really well today in that he didn't have to be forcibly separated from his mom. He just hugged her and cried and then came to sit on my lap and cried for a ( Read more... )

I was giving Dana her bath tonight and I was talking to her while I played Dr. Mario on my Game Boy because she was already all clean and playing with her bath toys. I heard her dropping them in the water and looked over and I saw not bath toys, but poop. She hasn't done that it I don't even remember how long, not since we started potty training ( Read more... )

It was a tiring week. Thursday after I got picked up from work I was soooo tired I could have gone to bed as soon as I walked in the door. Plus I had a stomachache all day long, like since the minute I woke up, and it just didn't go away. Paul said "Welcome to the world of work" and I was like "Ugh...." He said, "Yeah, you're supposed to have a ( Read more... )

Today I got involved in discipline! The kids are constantly gawking out the glass door because the parking lot is so fascinating to them, and one girl is a really big problem. After like 3 times telling her to get her face out of the window and pay attention, I just made her come sit by me away from the window. I will rearrange kids now. It's ( Read more... )

I spend most of my time in the pre-K. My class is pretty good most of the time. We have one wild man but I like him (the other assistant doesn't like him) and one kid who never wants to try anything. He has to be prodded and walked through every activity, even drawing, until he cries because he "doesn't know how"... As you're walking him ( Read more... )

I actually had my first day of work yesterday. We had a staff development day in the morning, which was supposed to consist of 2 guest speakers. However, one of them had to cancel, so the other lady, Rae Pica, had to double the length of her movement lesson. It was like 4 hours of MCE class, so I was bored and irritated having sat through ( Read more... )

Today I was anxiously awaiting a call from the day care about my job. At around 2:30 when Dana hadn't gone to sleep yet, we decided it was time to take her for a ride in the car. We ended up going to the Walt Whitman mall because I hadn't been there before. Not impressed. Anyway, we came home, chilled out, Dana woke up and read her books, we ( Read more... )

Today I went in for my observations at the day care center. Alexis, the director, was really busy this morning so Linda, the assistant director, put me in the kindergarten room. They actually don't start kindergarten until next week, so they are having a more relaxed week. Also they are switching rooms around for the start of the school year too ( Read more... )