my terrific two's

ok, so i'm going to try and do a bit more blogging. i figured since i did an entry yesterday why not shoot for two days in a row??

i started a new job at a preschool a few weeks ago as an "early preschool" teacher and have a cute little class of 2 year olds that i spend my days with now. before applying i had never heard of this specific daycare before, but turns out it's actually a well known franchise and has tons of campuses in several states.

i want to be able to share stories from work, but i signed several confidential/privacy agreements when i started working. the school has curriculum developed specifically for each age and class in their schools that i'm not allowed to take out of the building. they were also sure to point out that i may NOT put any pictures of my class on facebook. so since there's all of this to take into consideration, i thought it would be best for me to leave the actual name of the school off of my blog, and i'll be using nicknames for the kids in my class when i tell stories about them. i don't have endearments for all of them made up yet, but i'm almost there.

even though i've been there for a few weeks i'm still trying to get used to everything. we have a very specific routine and schedule for each day, which is great, but we're also potty training, which trumps any and all planned activities. that craziness mixed with me trying to get the little ones to obey me every once in a while has been challenging. trying to discern the leaders didn't go so good - there's A LOT of strong personalities in that room and few followers. the girls are all absolutely adorable and the boys are like some kind of posse...or gang. you should see them on the playground.

here's a slight breakdown of how things go down:

woody just transferred into my class right after i started, and him and spanky quickly became bff's. you don't see one without the other on the playground. i can't quite tell if one of them is the leader of the boys or if they have combined to form a super head of never ending energy and getting into trouble. i would take woody home with me if i could.

running around behind those two is usually tall boy (i haven't come up with his nickname yet) and sometimes tex, though tex likes to be by himself some too. these two boys are pretty mellow.

almost always behind those boys are thing 1 and thing 2 - i named them so because they are the MOST energetic boys i have ever seen! they're like that darn pink bunny - they keep going and going and going.

spot is the only boy that you usually won't see running around with the gang. he's too busy being obsessed with girlfriend. the ONLY way i can get him to do something is if i get girlfriend to do it first. he does everything she does, and when she leaves or goes in to use the potty he stands around asking where she is until she comes back out. lately thing 1 has been doing the same.

cutie pie is just as her name says...a cutie pie. though sometimes she can throw down. she's lately started buddying up with birdie, who does NOT listen to a word i say.

sweetheart is just as her name says. she's a bit quiet and very sweet.

miss priss throws down on the regular. especially at naptime. and she doesn't like to leave her shoes on.


thanks for reading, more stories to follow.

-meghan