🚫I'm No Longer a Teacher This Week

Published 19 days ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader,

This week I am going to let one of my students take over teaching. Why? Because it's almost the end of the year and I'm exhausted...KIDDING! 🤣

My class will be "traveling" to Haiti on Friday. Several of my classroom families are from Haiti. One of my students, Laurryn, is extremely proud that her dad is from there. Her eyes lit up when I told the class last week we were heading to Haiti...the class has been waiting all year for this day!

🤔So how I am going to have a 6 year old teach our class?

Our new teacher (Laurryn) is going to tell their classmates (ahem, her students, since she is now the teacher) what to pack in their imaginary suitcases. She's going to tell them all about Haitian foods and her mom is sending in some food for the students to sample. Her family is also bringing in a Haitian flag, souvenirs, and pictures and she'll tell the class about all of them. I'll let Laurryn call on the students to ask and answer questions. The class will call her Miss (insert her last name) and act as if I'm a student. I already know the kids will start calling me "Trisha" and I'll let that one slide for the duration of the lesson...because it'll give us all a good laugh.

If you ever want to see what you like look as teacher, just let one of your students take over. They'll use key phrases and mannerisms you use when teaching. It's a hoot!

I can't wait to see what Laurryn will teach her friends. 🙌🏻

Laurryn teaching her friends about her famly's home country is just one example of how kids can teach others. I came across this article "8 Important Social Skills for Kids". I think that letting kids become a teacher for a bit matches all 8 of the reasons listed in this article. Who knows, maybe this will spark some interest for them to become teachers someday!

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So, back to letting the students become the teacher...what could one of your students teach your class about? Let me know! 😀

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