Tell All Tuesday- Top Ten List

It's time for this week's Tell All Tuesday! This is one of my favorite link ups hosted my My Day in K and Teach Talk Inspire! It has been so fun reading and learning about all of you! This week's link up is the Top Ten things teaching has taught us Letterman style! I always loved his top ten lists!!!

Number 10-I spend a lot of time in the floor and with little kiddos being comfortable is important! Flats and maxis are my best teaching friends! 

Number 9-Training your bladder...We all know you can't leave a room of angels to run to the bathroom anytime you want! You know when you get back one of them will be hanging from the ceiling and another one will be rolling on the floor and you'll be lucky if that's all that happens!!

Number 8- Only teachers can speak each others language! People who are not in education do not know what we do. They don't understand our target dollar spot addiction or the fact that we spend days and sometimes weeks in the summer to set up our classrooms. 

Number 7- Classroom management is the key to learning in your classroom! Once a child has learned to control their body then they are ready to learn. It is just as important to teach rules and procedures as it is to teach reading and writing maybe even more so!

Number 6- Those kiddos in your classroom that act out in a variety of ways are often those kids who need the most love from you. They just have a difficult time expressing that! It is important to connect with them and find out what makes them tick! 

Number 5- Plan, plan, plan and when you think you are planned plan some more! Things you think will take forever they will finish before you can sit down at your teacher table and things you think will take them a short amount of time will take them forever! Somethings will go beautifully and somethings will bomb badly! Always have a backup plan!!!

Number 4- Caffeine is and important part of your day! I have a poster in my classroom that says "This classroom runs on lots of love and Diet Pepsi"!

Number 3- Learning is important it is why children go to school but it should also be fun! Getting the kiddos involved in planning will help them take ownership and enjoy the process!

Number 2- Loving what you do will make all the difference. Let's face it there are days when you leave school dreading having to go back the next day! A difficult day or class can make our jobs hard  but if we truly love teaching we will get up the next day and go right back to work:)

Number 1- the most important thing I have learned from teaching is that my kiddos usually teach me way more than I teach them.  Children are pretty amazing and are the reason we teach:)

Thank you so much for stopping by to read my Top Ten List! Head on over to My Day in K to link up and join in on the fun!

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Weekly Summer link up- My teaching quirks

I definitely have a few teaching quirks that I am excited to share through this fun link up with I heart Grade 3.   We all have teaching quirks... what a fun idea to share them:) I am looking forward to reading about other teachers through this link up!

My biggest quirk I would say is organization! This pic is an oldie but goody from meet the teacher this past school year. I believe that everything has a place and that there is a place for everything. I teach kindergarten so it is something I try to establish the first day with our classroom procedures:) My kinders catch on pretty quickly and will even help me "reorganize" things occasionally. It makes me laugh when I have gotten back from being out and the sub leaves a note that says your kiddos know exactly where everything is and are very quick to say Ms. Green would want you to leave that there:) 

My second quirk is I use my hands ALOT!! For everything... if you tied my hands behind my back I wouldn't be able to talk! So when I discovered Whole brain teaching I was in teacher heaven! It really is an active approach to teaching. It is so much fun and my kiddos love it! WBT really encourages student engagement and active learners. It also lets the teacher act silly, use her hands and silly voices while teaching conent! PERFECT right?!!? I would encourage everyone to do a little research on WBT and implement it into your teaching practice! You won't regret it and your kids will thank you!

I guess you could consider this one a quirk:) I truly believe that our students can learn more from each other through collaboration and research than form us alone. I love how the pendulum is swinging into the direction of the student led classroom now. As a teacher is is hard for me to let go of the control sometimes but every time I do great things happen. I like being the facilitator and watching my kinders explore, research and construct their own learning. I am super excited to be implementing Project based learning next year! I know my kiddos are going to have a blast!

Hop over to Monica's blog to read about other teachers quirks! You can also join in on the fun by linking up:)