Willow's notes from teaching

Teaching was fun!!!! We read a story to the third grade class called The Happy Lion and I led a discussion with the class. The next day, my mom and I wrote a play for the kids to do. We brought props for each part which was fun. One person was king and wore a Burger King crown. Six kids were the townspeople and they had food and shopping bags. Six people were the servants and they had cooking spoons, mops etc. The second grade class was the audience.

Although the kids did not memorize their lines for the play. They were pretty good at theirs roles. The play was supposed to teach the children to appreciate what they have. The play did not go as I expected it would because the children were talking most of the time. It made me know what teachers have to go through when kids don’t listen sometimes the kids pass notes to each other about the teacher. A couple boys in my sister’s class did that about my mom.

My mom told the class about the expression “The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side.” They didn’t know what that meant. After the play, I said, “FREEZE!” It worked and even the teacher froze. Then I asked the class some questions. I told them to take out a piece of paper and write about what makes you happy and what you appreciate. They had all kinds of ideas like birthday parties, their parents, siblings, cousins, sweets, books, tv and friends.

When I was teaching, I felt energetic and like I was making a difference in the class. I don’t think I would like to be a teacher though when I grow up because you have to deal with too many things and sometimes kids don’t pay attention. I would rather be a mom of two kids and a nanny for dogs like 101 Dalmations and have a lot of dogs. I would also like to be an artist because I am good at art now so I’ll be even better at art later.