One of the truly great pleasures of teaching young children is hearing the stories from some of the parents about how the kids imitate you at home and pretend to be the teacher. Of course, they also imitate the Fed Ex guy, SpongeBob, and the dog across the street, but nonetheless, it feels good to know that the brief time we spend together in class (in my case, an hour a week), they are soaking it all in, and that I'm with them beyond the classroom.
Shannon-sensei has some thoughts on this over at teaching english to lil cuties (hat tip to Troy for sharing).
One of my favorite things is when my kids call the classroom Devon's house...they think I live there and never leave. I love the looks on their faces as they process that I live somewhere else and that I exist beyond the relationship that we share in the classroom.
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