Preschool

As of the first of November, Emily is a pre-school teacher. Emily didn’t know if she would like teaching pre-school, but so far it has been great. It took a week or so to figure out the level the students were on so she could best teach them, but now the classes are working out wonderfully. The other benefits to teaching pre-school verses at an elementary are that there is no administrator coming in from time to time to evaluate teaching and there is no pressure/obligation to have the students at a specific level by a pre-determined date. It is all good, teach whatever curriculum is most desirable at whatever pace. Currently students have learned letters a, e, & m (for monster—the theme of the pre-school). Numbers 0, 1, & 2 as well as some sight words have also been learned. All of the colors have been reviewed and some basic shapes have been a focus in the first few weeks.

The pre-school was finished about half an hour before the back to school night. Travis has been working hard to get the room completed. The last week of October saw a lot of late nights, sometimes until two or three in the morning. It was fun to see the room go from a big open space to a finished product and Travis learned a lot of good skills along the way. However, now the construction is done, Travis is glad to be back to the regular routine and is not likely to quit his day job to go into construction. Overall the room looks really good. There are some spots where the mudding and taping was mediocre at best, but the average observer who wasn’t looking for seams in the sheetrock probably wouldn’t notice a thing. It is funny how critical you become of your own work.

We are glad to have an area downstairs that is finished and thankful that Emily is able to teach pre-school.