Last night, we sat at a business meeting at church.  During our business meeting, we discussed how people seem to never have time.

Isn't it funny how when it is something you want to do, you have time to do it.  I want to teach the children on Wednesday nights, so I have time to do it.  I want to teach Sunday School, so I make time to do it.  It is funny, that we can never add time to our day, but always want more time added to it.

Teaching is much like life, we find time in our day, to do the things we are passionate about.  It is funny how we always push off what we don't enjoy ourselves.  As teachers, we need to get over this, and be well rounded.  If we show that we love something our students will to, if we don't, our students will not develop a love for learning in that particular subject area.

Just a thought!

A New Year has started, and new journeys have begun.  A new semester approaches, and a new excitement lingers.  I am ready to start the year out right, and end it with a graduation that has been in the making for some time now.

Tuesday, I started my new field placement at Lakes Elementary School, part of Rockford Public Schools.  I Love It!  I am eager to get to know the students better, and get to know the teachers more.  I am looking forward the the new class, and all the joys it brings.

All this work that we are putting in now, soon it will pay off.  I am so ready to be done!  I cannot wait to have my very own classroom.  On Friday November 4, 2011 I will be taking charge of the entire classroom while my teacher is gone for the day.  I will be running the classroom while the substitute observes me.  I am so very excited about this.  I need to go and get my substitute training, so that I can get into the schools.

So today I was reading an article for my class, it was about the use of technology.  I find it so interesting that there is such a demand for the use of technology, but technology changes so fast that it is hard for schools to keep up.  I am wondering if there is a program that could be started to help schools keep up to date with their technology.  Maybe I will have to be the one to start some program like this.  A trade in program.

I will let you know what I find out.

So I cannot believe that I am almost done with school!  It amazes me how much stuff there is to do and in just a few short years it is all over.

I am working on a project for my Teaching Special Needs Children class, and I am doing a learning module on www.allkindsofminds.org it is a great learning module.  This will open the eyes of many.

So I have added a new page to my site, that is all about some of the books that I feel are so very important for children.  I also have a few in there, that are just plain fun books.  I hope that you can get some ideas from these books.