School News: Special Helper

This morning we were running late despite the fact that today was Isabel’s day to be the special helper for the class.

After arriving with only a few minutes to spare, Isabel was super excited about being the special helper. She had spent all week trying to pick her item for show and tell. At first she wanted to take a plastic dress-up earring and we talked her out of that. Telling her, that the item has to be exciting, different, and interesting to the other kids. She ended up deciding on a book and was eager to show it to the class.

The kids worked on fall pictures today, with leaves and pumpkins. When I asked about her day and being the special helper, she said she couldn’t remember just that the craft was last. She did talk with Makayla today; who actually talked back to Isabel! I was super excited for this because Makayla is still having a hard time adjusting to being away from mommy. So she’s making progress at getting Makayla feeling better about being in class.

During free play, they got to play doctors and dentists. Isabel said, that they checked each other out, however she didn’t mention anything about being a dentist. Isabel did say that she got a bike again on the playground and that was it. “I can’t remember what we did.” she says.

The special helper today was Isabel! She took mini blueberry muffins (which I later learned was a hit because they had been talking about blueberries that morning), fruit roll-ups, and juice for a snack. Isabel brought the book, “Aslan’s Triumph” adapted from The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough time for Mrs. “W” to read it to the class. Isabel did get to tell about the book and got to show the class her favorite page in the book.

Isabel after school today with her show and tell item.