First Blog Post

So I'm totally new to this. I was encouraged to blog by a quite a few friends but, now I'm wondering what on earth I have to say that other people would want to read... ?

I guess I'll start out by explaining the title of the blog. "Tiny Beads of Happiness" was something that a few friends and I started saying at work when we would sprinkle glitter over our student's heads as they did something amazing (or just about anytime they needed a pick-me-up). I the phrase really describes my job and especially my students. They are constantly providing me with tiny beads of happiness and I'm really excited to share some of those with you. Here's one of my most favorite recent conversations with a 5-year-old

This conversation occurred during Literacy, as we were learning about our unit "By the Sea." What made the student think of this at this time, I'll never know!

Student: I love Barack Obama.
Me: Oh that's great, why do you love him?
Student: Because whenever I say his name, it sounds like Broccoli.

I just love the sweet innocence of this age!