Of leaving & goodbyes

It's my last week, and there are many students I won't be teaching anymore, so now is the time to take lots of pictures and say goodbye.

One of the child took goodbye pretty badly. He cried and said I don't want other teacher to teach me. I want you. He cried for about 40 minutes and kept repeating the same thing. My heart broke :(

Nevertheless I am anticipating my next journey as there will always be more children for me to love!

You are my child, I love you so
Just look in my eyes & you will know
You make me smile
You make me sing
I know, with love, you can do anything!

Helping your child accept a new baby

A four-year-old was feeling dethroned by the arrival of her baby brother. One evening, when the baby was asleep, the mother sat down with her daughter and said, "I'd like to tell you a story about our family. These candles represent our family." She picked up one long candle and said, "This is the mommy candle. This one is for me." She lit the candle as she said, "This flame represents my love." She picked up another long candle and said, "This candle is the daddy candle." She used the flame from the mommy candle to light the daddy candle and said, "When I married your daddy, I gave him all my love, and I still have all my love left." She put the daddy candle in a candleholder, picked up a smaller candle and said, "This candle is for you." She lit the smaller candle with the flame from her candle and said, "When you were born, I gave you all my love. And look - Daddy still has all my love and I still have all my love left." The mother put that candle in a candleholder, then picked up the smallest candle and lit it while saying, "This candle is four your baby brother. When he was born, I gave him all my love. And look - you still have all my love. Daddy has all my love. And I still have all my love left because that is the way love is. You can give it all to everyone you love & still have all your love. Now look at all the light we have in our family with all this love.

Extracted from Positive Discipline in the Classroom by Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott & H. Stephen Glenn

Children's Love ♥

The other day in class, Child A ( a 3 year old Chinese boy) put his arm around Child B's (a 3 year old Indian boy) shoulder and said you are my friend!

Child B did the same thing, put his arms around Child A's shoulder and said you are my friend! (Well, he follows everything Child A does.)

Then Child A planted a kiss on Child B's cheek. Child B, following what Child A did, planted a kiss on Child B's cheek too.

After that, they turned to face each other and pecked each other lip to lip!

So adorable!

A child's love and friendship knows no race. Why can't adults be like them?

♥