Ms. Millie and Friends

Finally it is Friday and the kids are so excited knowing we will have goodies this afternoon in celebration of the upcoming holidays. No school for two weeks and I am sure they will be so grown up when they return. I sometimes believe they grow in their sleep. I wore my red Santa hat, […]

My little children are growing up right in front of my eyes it seems. I usually volunteer Monday, Wednesday,Thursday afternoons returning on Monday afternoon. It is amazing in this short period of time, I sometimes notice these gradual changes in maturity, behavior and listening skills. In one instance, little Charlie in early September was using […]

My fun activities this week and next is to make space food with the children two at a time. We use 2 graham crackers split into two, a small baggie to put the crackers in. We then zip it closed and squeeze to make crumbs. Then we look at the spoons and I explain a […]

I returned to the classroom on Thursday after a ten day vacation and my eighteen kindergarden children ran to me with open arms. “We missed you” they chanted as they wrapped their arms around me. Merrily, the teacher smiled as she affirmed their words, “where is MsMillie? When is MsMillie coming back?” It warms my […]

On Wednesdays I spend five hours volunteering with my favorite 18 five to six year old children. The first part of the day we work with one teacher for writing, story time, learning the day and month and one child posting it on the calendar. After lunch another teacher takes over and we do some […]