Day Six

Today I am celebrating:



Patience



I work in a school. My kids are in grades five and six, and I help them with English and Math. Not that Math is my strong point at all. Which is why patience is such a big deal today. Although I could probably add trial and error to be thankful for as well. But after a disasterous day yesterday trying to teach them about fractions, my 'supervising' teacher and I talked about some new ideas to make fractions stick, and I tried out my ideas today. It was amazing, I could actually see the kids start to light up when they figured out the answer for themselves. I had them make shapes and figure out what fractions each colour was. By the end there should have been a music track going, watching them work. The best part? Knowing that I was patient enough to teach them. And go over, and over and over again with them. Sometimes I think I had more patience with them than myself!