Every day, at the end of our morning together, my class stands up and holds hands in a circle, and sings the “School Family Song,” to the tune of “You are my Sunshine.” You are my family, my school family, I feel happy when you are here, I hope you know, friends, How much I love you, When we’re ...

On the first day of school — my least favorite of the year, but that’s a different story — my centers are all closed.  The house corner gets roped off with a sign that says “Closed” even before the open house, so the children already know when they arrive on the first day that they can’t just [...]