Teaching is....what? A passion, a lifestyle, a yearning or a calling? Maybe all and more. Every day brings a new thing to learn and another child (or me) learning it. I teach for the 'lightbulb' moment. That moment of realisation when a student and an idea connect.
"Treat all people as you would like to be treated, with kindness and compassion."
'Love is the greatest gift in all the world. Give it wisely and honestly; accept it gratefully and open heartedly.'
A new version of the old game 'thumbs'. Choose a focus word type such as 'noun', 'verb', 'adjective'. Read a passage slowly or get the class to read it together showing only one word at a time on the overhead projector. Every time the chosen word type eg: a noun, appears, all the children put their thumb on their forehead. The last child to get the thumb on the forehead pays a penalty of some sort.
Emma A Holliday
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