#16 THE HEART OF A TEACHER

 NEVER GROW UP!!!

I love this quote from THE LITTLE PRINCE. Antoine de Saint-Eupery reminds us how fragile and fleeting childhood is. Remember your own childhood!  We must get down on children's level and think like them to create relationships and make learning fun.

I'm afraid that too many of our educational leaders and decision-makers have forgotten what it's like to be a child!!!

THROWBACK

Everybody lives surprises - especially children!   Place a book, natural object, shape, or anything you want to talk about in a gift bag and sing this song:

Surprise Sack
(Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
What’s in the surprise sack who can tell?
Maybe it’s a book or maybe it’s a shell?
What’s in the surprise sack who can see?
It’s something special for you and me!

Give them a few clues and invite children to guess what is in the bag. Slowly pull it out and you’ll have their undivided attention.

Hint! If you go to a conference or take a trip put a small souvenir in a gift bag (book, shell, pencil, toy, etc.) and cover with tissue paper. Children pass the bag around and use a complete sentence to guess what is in the bag. When all have had a turn remove the object and give it to the children like a “present.”