Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Building Relationships 

Building relationships is essential in all areas of life and what is fascinating is how we learn so much about ourselves when building close relationships with others.

This week I have had the opportunity to meet three amazing educators that I will be working closely with in kindergarten. Each of us on a journey that combines a shared environment and an openness to understanding beliefs about learning to make the children our fundamental focus. I look forward to each day as I get to learn more about the wonderful experiences they bring to education.

Adding to building these wonderful relationships is this opportunity to learn about myself. Everything does not need to be in my control, (imagine.....). As this week moves forward I am letting go of the control; it is actually making me more acute to listening and hearing all ideas and opinions. A wonderful sidebar to this is less stress as I put trust in everyone contributing to a common goal.

I look forward to continuing to build strong relationships with my colleagues, parents and children and cannot wait to see the learning we share. In the meantime we continue to collaborate on the attributes that will make up the beginnings of the 'third teacher', the classroom. I anticipate the amazing changes the classroom will take as the children make it stretch and grow in new and exciting ways.

The beginning stages of the "third teacher