At school today we incorporated a bit of a public school practice into our private school environment. In other words, I borrowed an idea from Maddi's public school experience: the Getting to Know You Poster. The kids and I all know each other, so in previous years this has been unnecessary, but since I decided to hire some home schooling help this year, I thought it would be a fun idea and a fun project for the kids to complete. I also thought it would be good for them to stand up and give a little presentation on themselves--the closest thing to a public speaking assignment they have got so far. We intended to do it a little earlier in the year, but we finally got to it today. Here are all of the kids with their posters.
And here is a shot of the kiddos with their much beloved tutor. Her name is Becky Geitzen and she is recently home from BYI-Idaho. On December 18th--right on my birthday--she will leave on a mission to Mexico for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Until then; however, she is everything from my kids tutor to my personal assistant. And I don't know how I would be doing it without her. It is so wonderful to just say, "I'm going to run Mason to preschool and a few other errands. Can you just finish up reading with Emma and then give the older kids their spelling tests!" Beautiful! It is especially nice because little Emma is such a challenge to work with. She would rather work with Becky than with me any day, so its a good arrangement. I will be lost when she leaves in December, but we are so excited for her.
Oh, one more thing I forgot to mention--the kids are simply loving the Spanish lessons she is giving them while she is here! She is a Spanish Education Major and has got my little ninos running around saying all sorts of things I don't understand!
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