Family

Working as a preschool teacher involves many families.

The families of your children, the family that your classroom becomes and the one with the longest run the one that you and your co workers become.

The family of your chidren involves anyone willing to be there, to help with the progress of their child and as a teacher a good and healthy relationship with them is necessary, afterall they trust us with ther child and we should understand that this can be very hard for some, most and sometimes all of them. Nothing more wonderful than a family willing to help, to be there and be part of the learning.

The one you become with your class, not only with the children but between the teacher and assitant, this is a family that takes time into forming, there's a trust that builds in day by day, something that by the end of the school year feels like a given, the simple routines that by the end we take for granted, this lovely routines will be missed and they took time, patience and love to be established the hard part of this family is that it ends, we carry them with us, they carry us, but it changes.

Now, as for the coworkers, they are people we sometimes see more than our relatives, friends, significant others. We share time, we share stories, we share memories, we share. So without a doubt friendships form and from these friendships the bonds get deeper, it's impossible not to, you get to know them, for better or for worst, you get to love them, because it's impossible not to.

Magic

One of the biggest assets to childhood is magic, believing everything is possible, in Santa, the Easter bunny, fairies, witches, ghosts (though still when there’s an odd sound in the middle of the night I hide under my covers) there is a mythical believe that goes away as they grow but while they still got it, it’s wonderful to see how everything can be fixed with a kiss, a hug or fairy dust.

To them we’re magical, we know everything and we whip butterflies out of nothing and nowhere, every time they gasp or utter “Wow” I know it happened, I know they just had a magical moment.

I’ve heard many times magic is as powerful as the belief behind them, if that is true then magic must be real because there is nothing more powerful than a child believing.

Trust

I am amazed of the level of trust we are given.

To the children our word is golden, that is a gift we should be careful with, the fact that everything is new to them makes our information that much more important, it's the first time they hear it they can't compare it, they can't tell when we're lying or embellishing the truth and because of this sometimes we choose to joke around with their very serious questions, to lie because we think they're not ready for the answer or because their very simple question seems silly and obvious.

I wish every now and then I had that level of trust on the people surrounding me, a trust that says I know you’ll be there no matter what and you will always be honest with me, I try to always be honest with them, to a level where they can understand and their curiosity can be satisfied, when I make promises I keep them, to them I’m trustworthy and to me that’s a great present.

Trust is very important and as adults we understand what it means when the trust is broken, so as the figure that we are in their lives let’s try to never break it.