Boo!
Heh..no updates??
No..not busy with FB’s FarmTown. Ok, just a little busy, but not overtaking my life. Yet.
I’ve been updating my other blog. Yea..that one.
Also, have been busy with real life. Oh..yea, that would be being a real mother!
I’ve ‘volunteered’ my services twice a month (an addition to my "twice a term" - for No.2’s kinder), as a parent helper in No.1’s class. I tell you, I love the way they learn. Not everyone learns the same thing, the same way.
They are all grouped into groups of 4-5. They sit in their own lil corners and are given diff sets of work to do. As a parent helper, I basically …ahem..
1. Sharpen all pencils. Red and black. Very important ~ these kids need them to do their work. Can’t have kids writing with blunt pencils now, can we? *Shakes head earnestly*
2. Write down today’s date in their ‘take home reader folder". They have to take a book home everyday, and read it. A parent must sign off to verify that they’ve read it. Of course, this Mama here, never bothers to tick it..coz she’s damn-ass lazy. As long as I know he’s read it…it’s good enough for me.
3. Help the kids, when they raise their hands. This is the fun part. The teacher is normally very busy helping another group, so more often than not, some kids in some groups get stuck. So, yea.. I do enjoy helping ‘unstucking’ them!
…And then…there are the ‘lan tor’ ones. Yes…. the ones that stare glumly at their work. The ones that raise their hands, just to be excused to the toilet for the fifth time. The ones, that asks you that same question over and over again.
How do teachers do it?? Motivate them?? Challenge them?? Excite them by telling them how wonderful learning is?
I always feel mentally exhausted after 1 1/2 hours of this. Always. And teachers have to do this everyday! Ok…5 days a week, and sprinkling of holidays in between. But you get what I mean… their futures are invested in your teaching methods and your learning spirit.
So..woopeedo! Tomorrow…is another day of being a parent helper!
I admire your dedication
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Comment by yenjai.net — June 17, 2009 @ 4:50 am
How do u ‘unstuck’ their raised hands ? That’s so cute la.
Comment by Lil' Monsters, Inc. — June 17, 2009 @ 8:16 am
Yeah! I really admire the teachers for dealing with so many day in and day out. For me, 3 is enuf!
Comment by SAHM — June 17, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
Good job Mott! I don’t think I can do a good job doing that or being a kinder teacher, though I have thoughts of being one when my kids are a little grown up… just to earn some money, hehe.
Comment by health freak — June 18, 2009 @ 4:04 am
Sounds like fun when you do it once in a while
And little kids can be pretty adorable with their innocent questions.
Comment by Immomsdaughter — June 19, 2009 @ 6:11 am
Haha.. Have fun!
I know what you mean by exhausting. There kids really drain your energy. That’s why they have so much energy and we are always near empty!
Comment by Moomykin — June 23, 2009 @ 8:38 pm