Rain, Rain, Go Away

      Today was a rainy and dreary Monday, but I guess everyone's got to have those days some time or another. Since we couldn't go outside we went to the gym to played games and exercise.  Our new challenge is learning how to do push ups, and it is hard teaching them when your not so great yourself.  Anyway, Mondays are always a little hard as I am usually still protested the fact that the weekend had to end.  However, it is always nice to start my day with having the students come in cheerful, and excited to be there.  Since this is preschool many of them still love school, and today I got a couple good mornings, and one I missed you but one greeting in particular made my day a little better.

       I have talked about my student, A, before, and ever since that beginning of the year he has been having a hard time getting dropped off in the morning, and I know it has been really hard for his parents to leave a screaming child.  Recently he has been getting better, but is usually still a bit grouchy in the morning.  However, this morning I was not paying much attention and he came running in to the classroom and wrapped himself around me.  He said, "I missed you Ms. Lisa, I wanted to come back to school so bad!" Now if that doesn't make your day better I don't know what will.  He then pulled a paper out of his backpack and explained that he had written me a letter.  When I looked on the paper he had drawn four heads as usually (himself, Mom, Dad, and me), and then on the back he had made a colorful heart with my name under it.  He told me, "I made a heart because I love you like a heart".  It is so amazing to see how much the students mature from the beginning of the year, and I was really proud of A today.