A Kindergartener's View

A couple of weeks ago, just as I was finishing up my student teaching, one of my professor's put me in contact with the principal of an elementary school to try and set me up with an opportunity to teach as a PE specialist for the fall. Well, lucky me, the PE specialist that was supposed to finish out this year (meaning until the end of May), had to stop working. So this principal asked if I would step in until the end of the year (suppposing of course I don't have this baby early). So I accepted the position, hoping that all would go well. So far everything has gone very well, but it is also very trying because elementary kids are VERY different from middle school and high school, both of which I am the most used to teaching. Something that I noticed today also happens to be the inspiration for the picture I took just moments ago.
I had to go talk to the Kindergarten teacher today about the fact that I won't be teaching on Friday because I will be helping with a school activity. Well after I spoke with her I turned to leave and noticed a mirror with the exact view that you see above. I couldn't even see my face! I would've had to bend down or gone on my knees or something to see my reflection. I never realized that! Have you ever thought about it? Little kids, unless they are looking up into your face, just see the bottom half of you. It was such a funny thought!
Finally, while I am talking about my job, I might as well share some of the funny things that I have noticed about kids. First of all, they are hilarious. They make up these random things in order to obey rules. For example, I don't let the younger kids (Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd) go outside without me leading them out because there is a parking lot where they could potentially run and get hit. So I lead their lines out. Well this one class says that anything in front of the teacher is hot lava....they have to play this game so they can obey the rule of not going in front of me. So random and funny. Second of all, they always feel the need to tell me who is cheating, who hit who, that someone is butting in line etc. It drives me a little crazy! Just deal with it! Third, they have practically NO attention span. I guess I should have known that by now, but when you are dealing with 25-30 kids and none of them are paying attention! Holy cow, talk about learning patience! Anyways, it has been such a fun adventure so far and I love it. Hopefully this baby won't come until his due date so I can get some more experience teaching this age group, especially if there is a possibility I will be teaching next fall!