...I am still learning in Kindergarten!

Every year around this time I teach the students about community helpers.  We talk about how God has a plan for our lives and that we can use what we do (our job) when we are older to serve him.  At the end of the two-three weeks of teaching this I ask them what they want to be when they grow up.  It never fails, each year the answers make me smile.  This class was no exception.  Enjoy :)

ANGRY BIRDS in my classroom?!? I love kid's creativity!  I had blocks out on the carpet this week for one of my centres.  I don't give them any "instructions" other then to build something.  I don't want to put limits on their creativity and love to see what their minds come up with.  Some children (working in pairs), build one thing together and other build their own thing. On Monday one of the students started building a "tower" and then another one a little bit further away.  He then had some coloured blocks and started throwing them to knock over the towers.  I do not prefer the students to throw things in the classroom (understandably) so I walked over from helping another student and asked him to stop throwing blocks please.  He said "I have to."  Obviously needing an explanation as to why he felt the NEED to throw, I asked the big question "Why?".  He answered "because I am playing angry birds!"  As I looked at w...