Professor Sharon

100 Day Project – Day 60 – 7:18 pm

The first day of class they were shy.  The first day of class they said, almost in unison, oh no, not me: I’m not going to sing, dance, and play an elephant in front of my peers!  What do you want us to do?  No way!  Is there any way to pass this class and not do the participation part?

Today, I had the moment to say to them : Guess what?  You just weren’t shy.  You just danced in front of each other.  You just sang a song about being a mole in a hole and sang it loud!  You even asked to play the game again because you wanted a turn to be the elephant!

Today was the transformation – so visible and palpable by me and the students.  These are community college students – some brand new to the experience – taking a class in bringing creative experiences to the young child.  It means singing, dancing, playing and mucking about.

What a great day!  Personally it was exactly what I needed today to balance off a tough week.  Today I’m thinking about transformation and feeling proud that indeed I know how to teach teachers of young children.