Rough Day!

Pink Room

• I spent the first half of the day with my pre-k to kindergartners. They got too competitive with the game where they tossed rope lassos onto pink jugs, so I moved them back to the carpet where I let them lay down or dance to one song. We forgot to give my partner a lunch, so we had to make up for that. 

Orange Room

• I moved to the big kids (1st grade-5th grade). They were taking part in bike day. I got everyone to park their bikes and I got the legos cleaned up (which takes a surprising amount of time). When I told everyone to put their helmets on and get their bikes so that we could park them, some of the children decided to lag behind. We did not have enough children without bikes to grab the toys, so we had to park our bikes by the tree and come back for the toys and cones. I told the children to follow me and to gather in one of the parking spaces so that we could cross the road. So many of the children were lagging behind, off task, or being disrespectful during this time, so we had a class conversation about respect and safety once we got into the room and I allowed every child to get a drink from the water fountain.When we come inside, I always have everyone go straight to the room and I send 2-3 children to the water fountain at a time so that they don't have to be silent. 
• After our conversation, the children got to have 30 minutes of electronic time or free time. I gave them an early warning that it was almost time to clean up. When it was time to clean up, I told the children to put up their electronics, clean up their area, and go sit at the tables. It took so long to clean up. One of the children made a mess at the sand station after they left their station. I made them sweep it because I had just cleaned it. 
• The children designed their own bugs for art. Most of them turned out pretty good. The students who did not listen were mad when I told them that they did not follow directions because they drew something other than a bug. 
• After snack, 3 of the children went to read to the 2-3 year olds. The other students were rambunctious, one of the children does not ever stay where he is supposed to be. Right as I almost got them settled,  half of my pink room children came in and went crazy. Once I got the pink room settled and turned back to my orange room children, my boss came in and had them play Simon Says. I probably could have gotten the situation under control in a few more minutes, but I was happy to have the help so that I could focus on cleaning the tables.