Friday, June 26, 2009

School End Blues


This past year was the first year that I taught Kindergarten. I worried a year ago that I might not be cut out for kids that young. Now, a year later, I wonder what took me so long to know how much I'd enjoy this grade. I'm a bit sad and miserable right now that I won't have my little ducklings anymore. I know I'll have a new set this September but I grew so unbelievably attached to the ones of this past year. There will be a whole new set of interests and games and make-believe that will make me miss the quirks and charm of my last set.

I'm going to miss the children marching around with stuffed animals and blocks on their backs, singing "The Ants Go Marching", pretending to pack food down to the ant home. Or setting up the chairs to play taxicab, arguing about which side the driver sits on. Or telling me that they couldn't find the body of the bird that we found on our walk, saying that 'God must have come down to take him home to heaven'. Yeah, I'll miss those little moments. Yeah, I know I'm moping. And yeah, I know that I'll be moping about this again next year.

3 comments:

Bernard de Brillon said...

Morgen ist auch ein Tag
Tomorrow is also a day
Kisses

jasmine said...

Little ones are so precious when they are that age...it's too bad so many of us lose that by "growing up."

j

Deetsa said...

Merci, Papa.

Jasmine: They certainly can be precious then. Yeah, I sometimes wish I could keep them that way forever.