Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
Marisol cannot correctly pronounce the name of one of her classmates. She calls her B’na Lee, so yesterday I said to her, “Repeat after me: Aaa. Na. Lee.” Marisol slowly repeats, “Aaa. Na. Lee.” “Good!” I say. “Aaa. Na. Lee.” Marisol repeats it slowly and perfectly again. “That’s perfect!” I [...]
Harold managed to stay awake all the way through Sesame Street, though most of his classmates were asleep within minutes. After Sesame Street, he managed to stay awake through an entire Enya CD. Then I told him it was time to get up and asked him to put his blanket [...]
Christmas in Hawaii …. My team teacher, Ms. Jewel, is an artist. She does wonderful oil paintings in her free time. This little gem she painted in less then half an hour using tempura paints. It is on the back of the children’s cubby case. It looks so real David [...]
Twelve children. Twelve pallets. All are sleeping. The only sounds in the room were K.K.’s and Chez’s baby snores, the soft tap of the computer keys beneath my fingers, and the gentle swish of Ms. Jewel’s paint brush. Suddenly Harold, whom we’ve been nagging about using the potty, sits up [...]
This is part of what has been taking my time. I promised to make one for each child in my class. Every stocking will be an original. Here are 4 of the 6 I’ve finished so far. (Sorry, I took two to class this morning and forgot to snap them [...]