March 12, 2013

Today when I got to Los Cerritos, I got my usual "HI MISS SAMMIE!" I always look forward to that because I know if I'm having a bad morning, these cute little kids will always manage to make me smile. When I got there, they were doing board math so I just hung out and waited until we split up into groups. Today, Ms. Wood had me do addition with the kids which wasn't that bad. The kids were just a little antsy today so it was kind of hard to keep their attention but it's okay, I managed to keep calm and just talk to the kids to get their attention. Some of the kids were really good about everything and was able to finish the math problem that were given to them pretty fast and earned stickers. For the other kids messing around, they realize that they didn't get stickers and asked for them but I told them that they would only get their stickers if they finished their math. So they worked quickly on their math problems. Some of them weren't able to finish on time so they weren't able to get a sticker which caused them to be disappointed but I told them that they were going to be able to work on it later so they can get a sticker later and that the next time I came and that if they worked hard, that they would be able to get more stickers and they got happy again. I love when I'm able to work with the kids in a way where they won't be disappointed because of the way I've reasoned with them.