The first day of school is always more difficult for the adults involved than the students! Parents are teary and the teachers are exhausted by the end of the day. We had some student tears but not many and by the time we were singing "Good Morning" and passing around pete the cat to share our names and favorite animal, all of our friends were sitting happily on the rug.
We practiced making a line, walking to our seats, walking from our seats to rug, and how to ask to use the bathroom. We also learned when to freeze and look at Mrs. Cyr - and practiced while dancing.
We read a story called: First Day Jitters which is one of my favorites for the start of school, the character is reluctant to go to a new school and the whole time you are reading you assume it is about a student....it's the teacher! We took turns sharing how we felt coming to school and students were pretty clear, they were nervous but not anymore.
Do you remember your first day of kindergarten? Or maybe another grade?
How did your student feel upon arriving back home yesterday?
Please share using the comment button!
We practiced making a line, walking to our seats, walking from our seats to rug, and how to ask to use the bathroom. We also learned when to freeze and look at Mrs. Cyr - and practiced while dancing.
We read a story called: First Day Jitters which is one of my favorites for the start of school, the character is reluctant to go to a new school and the whole time you are reading you assume it is about a student....it's the teacher! We took turns sharing how we felt coming to school and students were pretty clear, they were nervous but not anymore.
Do you remember your first day of kindergarten? Or maybe another grade?
How did your student feel upon arriving back home yesterday?
Please share using the comment button!