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I was tagged by Kimzyn for a teaching meme. This one looks fun.

1. I am a good teacher because… I know my kids better than anyone else. I know what they need, what makes them tick, and what to do to encourage them.
2. If I weren’t a teacher I would be a… I have no idea. I guess if I choose to put my sons in public school instead of homeschooling I could be able to doula full time, maybe take some classes myself. When E was little I looked into getting a degree in Psychology.
3. My teaching style is… fun and flexible.
4. My classroom is… the world. Everything and every one is part of our classroom.
5. My lesson plans are… written on blank journal pages, tossed together in a folder, and organized around fun ideas I find. I pull them out as we go, do if we want, skip it if we don’t.
6. One of my teaching goals… not to sell them to the circus. No, to raise them to be healthy, happy, and in love with life.
7. The toughest part of teaching is… trying to talk about the elephants E found in his book while A’s on my lap nursing and lunch is burning in the kitchen.
8. The thing I love about teaching is… being home with my kids every day and watching them grow.
9. A common misconception about teaching is… that I can’t teach my kids everythign they need to know. Where there is a will there’s a way.
10. The most important thing I’ve learned since I started teaching is… to relax and just follow their lead. They’ll grow in their own time, I just have to let them shown me when.

I’m tagging: Christine, Lory, and Stacey. And everyone else too, of course.

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